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and Obed-edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
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Every Role Matters in Worship
This verse specifically names the doorkeepers, Obed-edom and Hosah, and their team of 68 relatives. Commentators point out that this detailed assignment shows the importance of every role in worship. Just as singers and priests had their duties, the doorkeepers had a vital, God-ordained ministry to guard and maintain order at the place of God's presence, reminding believers that all service is significant in God's house.
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1 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The writer of Chronicles inserted this passage between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the worsh…
19th Century
Anglican
Resumption and conclusion of the narrative suspended at 1 Chronicles 16:7.
So (and) he left there.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ver. 38 And Obededom, with their brethren, threescore and eight The Levites, the brethren of Asaph and Obededom, the…
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The worship of God ought to be the work of every day. David put it into order.
At Jerusalem, where the ark was, Asaph and his brothers were …
