1Ch 23:14-24 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 14 Moses the man of God - "Moses the prophet of God,"

1 Chronicles 23:14-24

Verse 14

Moses the man of God - "Moses the prophet of God," - T. Verse 16

To this verse the Targum adds, "The same Jonathan, who became a false prophet, repented in his old age; and David made him his chief treasurer." Verse 17

But the sons of Rehabiah were very many - The Targum says, "On account of the merits of Moses, the posterity of Rehabiah were multiplied to more than sixty myriads." Verse 22

Their brethren the sons of Kish took them - This was according to the law made Num 27:1, etc., and Num 36:5-9, in favor of the daughters of Zelophehad, that women who were heiresses should marry in the family of the tribe of their father, and that their estates should not be alienated from them. Verse 24

Twenty years and upward - It appears that this was a different ordinance from that mentioned 1Chr 23:3. At first he appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years and upward; now from twenty years. These were David's last orders; see 1Chr 23:27. They should begin at an earlier age, and continue later.

This was not a very painful task; the ark being now fixed, and the Levites very numerous, there could be no drudgery.