The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 23:31 Explained

1 Chronicles 23:31

KJV: And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

YLT: and for all the burnt-offerings -- burnt-offerings to Jehovah for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Jehovah.

Darby: and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;

ASV: and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Jehovah;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And to offer  all burnt sacrifices  unto the LORD  in the sabbaths,  in the new moons,  and on the set feasts,  by number,  according to the order  commanded unto them, continually  before  the LORD: 

What does 1 Chronicles 23:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1Chronicles 23

1  David in his old age makes Solomon king
2  The number and distribution of the Levites
7  The families of the Gershonites
12  The sons of Kohath
21  The sons of Merari
24  The office of the Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 23:31 mean?

and at every presentation of a burnt offering to Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the set feasts by number according to the ordinance governing them regularly before Yahweh
וּלְכֹ֨ל הַעֲל֤וֹת עֹלוֹת֙ לַיהוָ֔ה לַשַּׁבָּת֔וֹת לֶחֳדָשִׁ֖ים וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑ים בְּמִסְפָּ֨ר כְּמִשְׁפָּ֧ט עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם תָּמִ֖יד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה

וּלְכֹ֨ל  and  at  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַעֲל֤וֹת  presentation 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עֹלוֹת֙  of  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
לַיהוָ֔ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לַשַּׁבָּת֔וֹת  on  the  Sabbaths 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common plural
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
לֶחֳדָשִׁ֖ים  and  on  the  New  Moons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑ים  and  on  the  set  feasts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
בְּמִסְפָּ֨ר  by  number 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
כְּמִשְׁפָּ֧ט  according  to  the  ordinance 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם  governing  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
תָּמִ֖יד  regularly 
Parse: Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.