And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
The text stands within a longer record running from the first through the thirty-second verse of the ninth chapter that sets out the assignments of Levitical workers and gatekeepers. Work in the sanctuary was apportioned, so that particular men were entrusted with custody of the implements used in ministry. Their task was to carry those articles both inward and outward under careful tally, that is by exact number.
That arrangement is presented as it functioned following the return from exile in Babylon, yet its institution reaches back to ordinance laid down by David together with Samuel. The same surrounding record touches upon the Sabbath as linked to happenings in the lifetime of David.
The text stands within a longer record running from the first through the thirty-second verse of the ninth chapter that sets out the assignments of Levitical workers and gatekeepers. Work in the sanctuary was apportioned, so that particular men were entrusted with custody of the implements used in ministry. Their task was to carry those articles both inward and outward under careful tally, that is by exact number.
That arrangement is presented as it functioned following the return from exile in Babylon, yet its institution reaches back to ordinance laid down by David together with Samuel. The same surrounding record touches upon the Sabbath as linked to happenings in the lifetime of David.