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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
1 Chronicles 6
32. Before the dwellingplace of the tabernacle — The dwelling, (mishcan,) as distinguished from the tabernacle, (ohel,) was the board structure and its covering of ornamented curtains which formed the principal part of the sacred tent. Those who ministered before the mishcan must have occupied the court, where the laver and the altar of burnt offering stood.
According to their order — The order assigned to them by David. On the divisions and arrangement of the sons of Levi, see chaps. 23-26.
54. Throughout their castles — Rather, according to their castles, or encampments. These “castles” are thought by some to have been some kind of watchtower, from which the trumpets were sounded — a use similar to that made by the Moslems of their minarets. But most expositors, as Gesenius, Furst, Keil, Zochler, take the word in the sense of hamlet, district, or circle of dwellings, such as were assigned to the Levites among the several tribes.
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