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New Living Translation

1 Chronicles 9:32

And some members of the clan of Kohath were in charge of preparing the bread to be set on the table each Sabbath day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Porters;   Sabbath;   Shewbread (Showbread);   Thompson Chain Reference - Bread;   Hallowed Bread;   Shewbread;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;   Shewbread;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shewbread;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Levites;   Shewbread;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Priests and Levites;   Shewbread;   Writing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Authority in Religion;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bread;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Showbread;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some of the Kohathites’ relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the Bread of the Presence every Sabbath.
Hebrew Names Version
Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kehati, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Shabbat.
King James Version
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
English Standard Version
Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
New Century Version
Some of the gatekeepers from the Kohath family had the job of preparing the special bread that was put on the table every Sabbath day.
New English Translation
Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.
Amplified Bible
Some of their Kohathite relatives were in charge of the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.
New American Standard Bible
Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.
World English Bible
Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And other of their brethren the sonnes of Kohath had the ouersight of the shewbread to prepare it euery Sabbath.
Legacy Standard Bible
Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath.
Berean Standard Bible
Some of their Kohathite brothers were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
Contemporary English Version
The Levites from the Kohath clan were in charge of baking the sacred loaves of bread for each Sabbath.
Complete Jewish Bible
Some of their kinsmen, from the descendants of the K'hati, were in charge of preparing the showbread every Shabbat.
Darby Translation
And [some] of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every sabbath.
Easy-to-Read Version
Some of the gatekeepers who were in the Korah family had the job of preparing the bread put on the table every Sabbath.
George Lamsa Translation
And also some of the descendants of Kohath were over their brethren and over the shewbread, to prepare the meal every sabbath.
Good News Translation
Members of the clan of Kohath were responsible for preparing the sacred bread for the Temple every Sabbath.
Lexham English Bible
And from the sons of the Kohathites, some of their kinsmen were over the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.
Literal Translation
And others of the sons of the Kohathites, from among their brothers, were over the Bread of Arrangement, to prepare sabbath by sabbath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And certayne of the Kahathites their brethren were appointed ouer the shewbred, to prepare it euery Sabbath daye.
American Standard Version
And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
Bible in Basic English
And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And other of their brethren the sonnes of Cahath had the ouersight of the shew bread, which they prepared euery Sabbath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
King James Version (1611)
And other of their brethren of the sonnes of the Kohathites, were ouer the Shew-bread to prepare it euery Sabbath.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Banaias the Caathite, from among their brethren, was set over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
English Revised Version
And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli men of the sones of Caath, the britheren of hem, weren on the looues of settyng forth, that thei schulden make redi euere newe looues bi ech sabat.
Update Bible Version
And some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [others] of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, [were] over the show-bread, to prepare [it] every sabbath.
New King James Version
And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.
New Life Bible
And some of their brothers of the Kohathites took care of the making of the holy bread every Day of Rest.
New Revised Standard
Also some of their kindred of the Kohathites had charge of the rows of bread, to prepare them for each sabbath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, some from among the Kohathites, of their brethren, were over the Bread that was set in Array, - to place it sabbath by sabbath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the sons of Caath their brethren, were over the loaves of proposition, to prepare always new for every sabbath.
Revised Standard Version
Also some of their kinsmen of the Ko'hathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of the Kohathite, [some] of their brethren [are] over the bread of the arrangement, to prepare [it] sabbath by sabbath.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath.

Contextual Overview

14 The Levites who returned were Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari; 15 Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zicri, son of Asaph; 16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the area of Netophah. 17 The gatekeepers who returned were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was the chief gatekeeper. 18 Prior to this time, they were responsible for the King's Gate on the east side. These men served as gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites. 19 Shallum was the son of Kore, a descendant of Abiasaph, from the clan of Korah. He and his relatives, the Korahites, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the sanctuary, just as their ancestors had guarded the Tabernacle in the camp of the Lord . 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers in earlier times, and the Lord had been with him. 21 And later Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tabernacle. 22 In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men. 23 These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the sons: 1 Chronicles 6:33-48

showbread: Heb. bread of ordering

to: Exodus 25:30, Leviticus 24:5-8

Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:8 - General 1 Chronicles 23:29 - for the showbread

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath,.... Twelve loaves of which were set every week before the ark upon the shewbread table, and the old ones taken away: now the work of these Levites was to make this shewbread, and get it ready every week to be set upon the table, and which was done not by them, but by priests; under the second temple, the family of Garmu was set over this work a.

a Misn. Shekalim, ut supra. (c. 5. sect. 1.)


 
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