1 Chronicles 23:26

So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — David addresses the Levites and Israel's officials to formally terminate their transport duties after God grants rest in Jerusalem.

The words — The Hebrew phrase אֵין לָשֵׂאת ('ein laset) literally means "there is not [a need] to carry," establishing a permanent cessation of the Levitical carriage mandate.

The thread — This dissolution of Levitical transport contrasts directly with the wilderness regulations that required the Kohathites to bear the tabernacle and its holy objects (Numbers 4:5, 7:9, 4:15).

Why it lands — The text states that established religious labor ends when God establishes permanent dwelling, requiring readers to accept the transfer of sacred responsibility to the priestly line without resistance.

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The Hebrew words

וְגַ֖םve./Gamand/ also לַלְוִיִּ֑םla/l.vi.Yimto the/ Levites אֵין־'ein-there not לָשֵׂ֧אתla./Set[is] to/ carry אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןha./mish.Kanthe/ tabernacle וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>כָּל־kol-all כֵּלָ֖יוke.La/varticles/ its לַעֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃la./'a.vo.da.T/ofor/ service/ its

King James Version

And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

Cross-references

Numbers 4:5 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
Numbers 7:9 But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
Numbers 4:15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
Numbers 4:49 At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.