John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 9:31

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, etc.] Of whom (see <130919>1 Chronicles 9:19), had the set office over the things that were made in the pans; the meat offerings that were made in pans; and so had the care of the fine flour, oil, and frankincense used in them, which he delivered to the priests when necessary, (see <030205>Leviticus 2:5), the Septuagint version is, “over the works of the sacrifice of the pan of the high priest;” as if it respected peculiarly his meat offering, (<030620>Leviticus 6:20,21), we read in the Misnah f72 of the offerings of the high priest, as expressed by this word, which it signifies, and not pans, but what was fried in them f73; and Ben Melech on the place says, this man was an high priest who offered every day the tenth part of an ephah in a pan, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening, according to (<030620>Leviticus 6:20), but that cannot be, for certain it is he was a Levite, as the text expresses it.

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