the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Clementine Latin Vulgate
1 Esdræ 25:7
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Fuit autem numerus eorum cum fratribus suis, qui erudiebant canticum Domini, cuncti doctores, ducenti octoginta octo.
Fuit autem numerus eorum cum fratribus suis eruditis in cantando Domino, cuncti magistri, ducenti octoginta octo.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
two hundred: These two hundred and eighty-eight, being twenty-four courses of twelve each, were more skilful than the other Levites; and being placed under the twenty-four sons of the chief singers, they had the four thousand before mentioned divided among them, to officiate by courses, according to their instructions. 1 Chronicles 23:5.
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:32 - and then 1 Chronicles 15:21 - harps 1 Chronicles 15:22 - he instructed Psalms 33:3 - play Colossians 3:16 - and spiritual
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So the number of them, with their brethren,.... Who each of them had twelve with them, as after reckoned:
that were instructed in the songs of the Lord; taught how to sing them:
[even] all that were cunning; expert and well skilled in the science of singing:
was two hundred and eighty eight; for there being twenty four classes answerable to those of the priests, and twelve in each class, twelve times twenty four makes two hundred and eighty eight.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
With their brethren - i. e., “with others of the tribe of Levi.” Each son of Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, was at the head of a band of twelve skilled musicians, consisting partly of his own sons, partly of Levites belonging to other families 1 Chronicles 25:9-31. The 24 band-leaders, together with their bands, formed a body of 288 persons (24 x 12 =288) Besides these, we hear of there being above 3,700 singers, who were probably divided, like the trained musicians, into 24 courses, which must have contained about 155 each 1 Chronicles 23:5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Chronicles 25:7. Two hundred fourscore and eight. — That it twelve classes of twenty-four Levites each; for two hundred and eighty-eight divided by twelve quotes twenty-four.
