²⁸For their office[¹] was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

[¹] Hebrew their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron. See Nehemiah xi. 24.

28. their office was to wait on] Literally, as margin, their station was at the hand of. For the phrase at the hand of compare Psalms cxxiii. 2, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master.

the chambers] compare ix. 26, note.

²⁹for the shewbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

29. for the shewbread] i.e. for the preparation of the shewbread (compare ix. 32).

that which is soaked] Compare Leviticus vi. 21 [14, Hebrew].

for all manner of measure and size] i.e. for measuring the component parts of the meal-offering, etc.

³⁰and to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even;

30. every morning ... and likewise at even] Corresponding with the daily morning and evening sacrifice; compare Exodus xxix. 38, 39.