1 Chronicles 6:48

Easy-to-Read Version

Heman and Asaph's brothers were from the tribe of Levi. The tribe of Levi was also called Levites. The Levites were chosen to do the work in the Holy Tent. The Holy Tent was God's house.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

Hebrew Names Version
Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God.

King James Version
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

English Standard Version
And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

New Century Version
The other Levites served by doing their own special work in the Holy Tent, the house of God.

New English Translation
The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God's sanctuary.

Amplified Bible
Their relatives the Levites [who were not descended from Aaron] were appointed for all the other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

New American Standard Bible
Their kinsmen the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

World English Bible
Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren the Leuites were appointed vnto all the seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God,

Legacy Standard Bible
Their relatives the Levites were given over unto all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Berean Standard Bible
Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

Contemporary English Version
The rest of the Levites were appointed to work at the sacred tent.

Complete Jewish Bible
To the descendants of M'rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun.

Darby Translation
And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

George Lamsa Translation
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of the LORD.

Good News Translation
The other Levites were assigned all the other duties at the place of worship.

Lexham English Bible
And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Literal Translation
Also their brothers, the Levites, were appointed for every service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for their brethre the Leuites, they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE:

American Standard Version
And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Bible in Basic English
And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their brethren also the Leuites were appoynted vnto all maner of seruice of the tabernacle of the house of God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

King James Version (1611)
Their brethren also the Leuits were appointed vnto all maner of seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, were the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God.

English Revised Version
And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And dekenes, the britheren of hem, that weren ordeyned in to al the seruyce of the tabernacle of the hows of the Lord.

Update Bible Version
And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Their brethren also the Levites [were] appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

New King James Version
And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

New Living Translation
Their fellow Levites were appointed to various other tasks in the Tabernacle, the house of God.

New Life Bible
Their brothers the Levites were chosen for all the work of the house of God.

New Revised Standard
and their kindred the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, their brethren, the Levites, were given, for all the work of the habitation, of the house of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
and their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Young's Literal Translation
And their brethren the Levites are put to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

THE MESSAGE
The rest of the Levites were assigned to all the other work in the place of worship, the house of God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their kinsmen the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Contextual Overview

³¹ These are the men David chose to take care of the music at the tent of the Lord 's house after God's Holy Box was put there. ³² These men served by singing at the Holy Tent. The Holy Tent is also called the Meeting Tent. These men served until Solomon built the Lord 's Temple in Jerusalem. They served by following the rules given to them for their work. ³³ These are the names of the men and their sons who served with music: The descendants from the Kohath family were Heman the singer who was Joel's son; Joel was Samuel's son; ³⁴ Samuel was Elkanah's son; Elkanah was Jeroham's son; Jeroham was Eliel's son; Eliel was Toah's son; ³⁵ Toah was Zuph's son; Zuph was Elkanah's son; Elkanah was Mahath's son; Mahath was Amasai's son; ³⁶ Amasai was Elkanah's son; Elkanah was Joel's son; Joel was Azariah's son; Azariah was Zephaniah's son; ³⁷ Zephaniah was Tahath's son; Tahath was Assir's son; Assir was Ebiasaph's son; Ebiasaph was Korah's son; ³⁸ Korah was Izhar's son; Izhar was Kohath's son; Kohath was Levi's son; Levi was Israel's son. ³⁹ Heman's relative was Asaph. Asaph served by Heman's right side. Asaph was Berekiah's son. Berekiah was Shimea's son. ⁴⁰ Shimea was Michael's son. Michael was Baaseiah's son. Baaseiah was Malkijah's son.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

brethren: 1 Chronicles 23:2-32, 1 Chronicles 25:1 - 1 Chronicles 26:32, Numbers 3:1 - Numbers 4:49, Numbers 8:5-26, Numbers 16:9, Numbers 16:10, Numbers 18:1-32

appointed: 1 Chronicles 12:28

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:38 - keeping Numbers 4:3 - to do 1 Chronicles 23:4 - twenty

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their brethren also the Levites,.... Who were not skilled in singing, and employed in that service, even the rest of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites:

were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God; some were porters at the gates; others had the care of the vessels; others slew the beasts for sacrifices, flayed them, and cut them up, and brought the pieces to the altar of burnt offerings, for the priests to offer.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The genealogies of David’s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun.

1 Chronicles 6:32

They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

1 Chronicles 6:33

Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the highest priestly rank, being the family which furnished the high priests (see 1 Chronicles 6:2-15).

Shemuel - i. e. “Samuel.” Our translators have here given the Hebrew, while elsewhere they give uniformlv the Greek, form of the name. We learn by this genealogy that Heman was Samuel’s grandson.

1 Chronicles 6:39

His brother Asaph - Not “brother” in the ordinary sense of the term, since Asaph was the son of Berachiah, and a Gershonite, not a Kohathite. “Brother” here may mean “fellow-craftsman” (compare 1 Chronicles 25:7).

1 Chronicles 6:44

Ethan - Or Jeduthun (see the margin). Corruption will scarcely account for the two forms of the name, since Ethan is used persistently up to a certain point 1 Chronicles 15:19, after which we have uniformly “Jeduthun.” The case seems to be rather one in which a new name was taken after a while, which thenceforth superseded the old. Compare Abraham, Sarah, Joshua, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, etc.