31
These are they whom David set over the service of song in the LORD’s house after the ark came to rest there.
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Verse 31. The singing. Hebrew “the hands or places of the canticle,” the two tribunes on each side of the altar. Heman presided over the band in the middle, while Asaph directed those on the right, and Ethan those on the left, verse 33, 39, and 44. Calmet.—Placed. Hebrew “rested,” as before David’s time it had been carried about. He erected a tabernacle for it on Sion, and directed the Levites to attend in order, (Calmet. 25) so that some should be present every day ( Menochius.) to honour God, both by instruments and vocal music, while the priests performed their sacred functions with the utmost decency.
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