The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests with the trumpets.
- KJV And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- NKJV The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- NASB The Levites stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- NLT The Levites then took their positions around the Temple with the instruments of David, and the priests took their positions with the trumpets.
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Quick answer
The Levites stand with David's instruments and the priests with trumpets. The two appointed groups are arrayed to lead the praise accompanying the offering.
Overview
The Chronicler pictures the Levites with David's musical instruments and the priests with their trumpets, each in their God-given role. The orderly arrangement reflects the harmony of restored worship under proper authority. Such ordered praise of God anticipates the worship of the redeemed, who together magnify the Lamb who was slain.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Chr 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- 1 Chr 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
- Ps 81:3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- Josh 6:4–9Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
- Ps 150:3–5Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- Ps 98:5–6Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.
- Isa 38:20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
- Num 10:8The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
- 1 Chr 16:6and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
- Ps 87:7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
- 2 Chr 5:12–13all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- Num 10:10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
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