1 Chronicles 9:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.”

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BSBPD

“A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Mattithiah, of the Levites (he <FI>is<Fi> the first-born to Shallum the Korahite), <FI>is<Fi> in office over the work of the pans.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 9:31 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 2:5If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.
  2. Leviticus 2:7If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil.
  3. Leviticus 6:14Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
  4. Leviticus 6:21It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  5. 1 Chronicles 9:17These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
  6. 1 Chronicles 9:19Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
  7. 1 Chronicles 9:22The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
  8. 1 Chronicles 9:26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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