📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 9:28
What does 1 Chronicles 9:28 mean?
"Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count."
— 1 Chronicles 9:28 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
They stayed around God’s house, because that duty was on them; and to their duty was its opening morning by morning.
Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.
Explanation
This verse describes a very practical detail in the life of Israel's temple worship: certain Levites were assigned the specific responsibility of managing the sacred vessels used in temple service
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