1 Chronicles 6:48, 49 Their brothers also the Levites were appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.… These two verses contain a brief account of the offices of the two orders of ministry in the Jewish Church. I. LESSONS PECULIAR TO THE OLD COVENANT. Nothing was more prominent or important in Israel than the provision alluded to in this passage. We are reminded: 1. That amongst the chosen people there was a consecrated tribe, and within this a consecrated family. 2. That thus a provision was made for perpetual temple worship and appointed sacrifices. 3. That, in obedience to these prescribed ordinances, Israel abode beneath the favour of Jehovah. II. LESSONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE. 1. Order and decency are becoming in the service of a righteous and holy God. It is possible to regard the form and neglect the substances but it is also possible to despise the form and so to lose the substance. 2. In the service of God, the most menial office is honourable, whilst the loftiest office can never be executed by man otherwise than imperfectly and unworthily. 3. Under the Christian dispensation, all believers are ministers and priests, daily serving in God's spiritual temple, and offering, through the Divine Mediator and Intercessor, spiritual and acceptable sacrifices. Every. family and every individual has an appointed office and ministration. - T. Parallel Verses KJV: Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.WEB: Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. |
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