Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:26

And so is literally “and also.” This verse gives the result of the previous one, so other possible connectors are “So” (Good News Translation) and “Therefore” (Braun). New American Bible says “Henceforth,” which focuses more on the temporal element.

The Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service: No longer need to carry is literally “there is not to carry.” In the future there will be no necessity for the Levites to perform their previous function of carrying the Tabernacle and its equipment used for worship. The Aramaic Targums understood this to mean that the Levites were no longer permitted to do this, but the sense is more likely that they no longer needed to do it. Carrying the Tabernacle and its equipment had been the duty of the Levites according to the Law (see Num 1.50-53; 3.21-37; 4.15; Deut 10.8). New Living Translation says “no longer need to carry … from place to place.”

For tabernacle see the comments on 1 Chr 6.32. The conjunction or between the tabernacle and any of the things for its service renders the common Hebrew conjunction, which is literally “and.” It will be better translated “and” in many languages. Any of the things for its service refers to the various utensils involved in carrying out worship in the Tent of the LORD’s presence. This phrase may be rendered “all the objects used in worship.”

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

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