Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
To the east, six Levites; to the north, four per day; to the south, four per day; and at the stores, two, two.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
Eastward were sixe Leuites, and Northwarde foure a day, and Southward foure a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
Now towards the east were six Levites: and towards the north four a day: and towards the south likewise four a day: and where the council was, two and two.
to the east the Levites `are' six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two,
to the east [are] six Levites, to the north [are] four each day, to the south [are] four each day, and for the gatherings, two by two;
On the east were six Levites, on the north four a day, on the south four a day, and at the storehouses two pairs.
To the east, six Levites; to the north, four per day; to the south, four per day; and at the stores, two, two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two [and] two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and towards Asuppim, two and two.
There were six Levites on duty every day at the east gate, four at the north gate, four at the south gate, and two at a time at the storehouse.
On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the Storehouse two and two.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is וְלָאֲסֻפִּ֖ים storehouse H624 — appearing just 3 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וְלָאֲסֻפִּ֖ים storehouse H624 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 12 Hebrew tokens and 18 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
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לַמִּזְרָח֮ הַלְוִיִּ֣ם שִׁשָּׁה֒ לַצָּפ֤וֹנָה לַיּוֹם֙ אַרְבָּעָ֔ה לַנֶּ֥גְבָּה לַיּ֖וֹם אַרְבָּעָ֑ה וְלָאֲסֻפִּ֖ים שְׁנַ֥יִם שְׁנָֽיִם
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
World English Bible · Public Domain
πρός ἀνατολή ἕξ ὁ ἡμέρα βορέας ὁ ἡμέρα τέσσαρες νότος ὁ ἡμέρα τέσσαρες καί εἰς ὁ εσεφιν δύο
Eastward were six watchmen in the day; northward four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim,
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 12 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼâçuph (“storehouse”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Chronicles 26:17 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch
Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
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Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.