📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 23:13
What does 1 Chronicles 23:13 mean?
"The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever."
— 1 Chronicles 23:13 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
Explanation
First Chronicles 23 comes from a section of Scripture where King David, near the end of his life, is organizing the Levites for their service in the temple that his son Solomon would soon build
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