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1 Chronicles 23:30

And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
1 Chronicles 23:30 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;
  • BSB They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.
  • NKJV to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;
  • NASB They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,
  • NLT And each morning and evening they stood before the Lord to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.

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The Levites were to stand every morning and evening to thank and praise the LORD. Continual, daily worship was their appointed task.

Overview

Morning and evening, the Levites offered thanksgiving and praise, framing each day with worship of God. This rhythm of regular praise reflects that gratitude and adoration are fitting responses to the LORD at all times. Such continual worship anticipates the unceasing praise of God's people and the call for believers to give thanks in all circumstances.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Ps 92:1–3IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
  • 1 Chr 9:33And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
  • Ezra 3:10–11And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
  • 1 Chr 16:37–42So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:
  • Ps 137:2–4We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
  • 1 Chr 6:31–33And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
  • Ps 135:1–3Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 29:25–28And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
  • Rev 14:3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
  • 2 Chr 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
  • Ps 134:1–2Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 25:1–7Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
  • Exod 29:39–42The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
  • Rev 5:8–14And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
  • Ps 135:19–20Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

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