1 Chronicles 16:3-5

The Voice

³He gave a loaf of bread, a date roll,^[a] and a raisin cake to every man and woman in Israel. ⁴He appointed some of the Levites as servants of the covenant chest of the Eternal, as officers to commemorate, to give thanks, and to give praise to the Eternal One, God of Israel. ⁵Asaph was the head of the servants, next Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-edom. Jeiel was over all instruments, including a ten-stringed harp and lyre, while Asaph played the cymbals.

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Footnotes

16:3 Meaning is unclear and is found only here and 2 Samuel 6:19. Traditionally it has been translated “a portion of meat,” but more recently “a cake made from dates.”