1 Chronicles 23:31

Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — David instructs the Levites on their standing duties within the Tent of Meeting and the house of the LORD, following the establishment of morning and evening praise.

The words — עֹלוֹת ('o.lOt) = burnt offerings and בְּ/מִסְפָּ֨ר (be./mis.Par) = by number.

The thread — The same appointed times appear in Isaiah 1:13, where the LORD rejects offerings brought on those days, and in Leviticus 23:24, which designates the first day of the seventh month as a sacred assemblage.

Why it lands — It requires readers to recognize that worship on designated days demands consistent, counted participation rather than irregular or unmeasured devotion.

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The Hebrew words

וּלְכֹ֨לu./le./Kholand/ to/ every of הַעֲל֤וֹתha.'a.Lotering up of עֹלוֹת֙'o.lOtburnt offerings לַיהוָ֔הla./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh לַשַּׁבָּת֔וֹתla./sha.ba.Totfor the/ sabbaths לֶחֳדָשִׁ֖יםle./cho.da.Shimfor the/ new moons וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑יםve./la./mo.'a.Dimand/ for the/ appointed feasts בְּמִסְפָּ֨רbe./mis.Parby/ number כְּמִשְׁפָּ֧טke./mish.Pataccording to/ [the] ordinance עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei./Hemon/ them תָּמִ֖ידta.Midcontinually לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahweh

King James Version

And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord:

Cross-references

Isaiah 1:13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
Leviticus 23:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 23:24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
Leviticus 23:39 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
Numbers 10:10 And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
Numbers 28:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Psalms 81:1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.