## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 25

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:1:1
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**וַיַּבְדֵּל דָּוִיד וְשָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא לַעֲבוֹדָה.** לְשׁוֹרֵר הַשִּׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then David separated for the service** to sing the songs.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:1:2
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**לִבְנֵי אָסָף וְגוֹ׳.** מִכָּל הַלְוִיִּם לֹא הִבְדִּיל כִּי אִם בְּנֵי אָסָף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the sons of Asaph, etc.** Out of all the Levites he separated only the sons of Asaph, etc.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:1:3
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**וְהֵימָן וִידוּתוּן הַנְּבָאִים.** כְּשֶׁהָיוּ מְנַגְּנִים בִּכְלֵי שִׁירִים הַלָּלוּ הָיוּ מִתְנַבְּאִים, דֻּגְמָא בֶּאֱלִישָׁע ״קְחוּ לִי מְנַגֵּן״ (מלכים ב ג:טו) וְהָיָה כְּנַגֵּן הַמְנַגֵּן וַתְּהִי עָלָיו יַד ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Heman, and Jeduthun, who prophesied** When they would play these musical instruments, they would prophesy. A similar incident [is told] of Elisha: (II Kings 3:15): “’And now fetch me a musician.’ And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:1:4
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**וַיְהִי מִסְפָּרָם אַנְשֵׁי מְלָאכָה.** כְּלוֹמַר הַמִּשְׁמָרוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע מִשְׁמָרוֹת, אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים שֶׁל אָסָף וְשִׁשָּׁה שֶׁל יְדוּתוּן וְאַרְבָּעָה עָָָשָׂר שֶׁל הֵימָן, הֲרֵי עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע. לְמַטָּה כָּלַל מִסְפַּר כֻּלָּן, כְּדִכְתִיב **וַיְהִי מִסְפָּרָם עִם אֲחֵיהֶם וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the number of those men expert in their work... was:** i.e., There were twenty- four watches, corresponding to the twenty-four watches [of the priests (Moharich)]: viz. the four sons of Asaph, the six of Jeduthun, and the fourteen of Heman, totaling twenty-four. Below, he sums them all up, as it is written (verse 7): “And their number with their brethren, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:3:1
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**וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ שִׁשָּׁה.** וְלֹא תִמְצָא אֶלָּא חָמֵשׁ! אִשְׁתּוֹ הָיְתָה מְעֻבֶּרֶת אֶת שִׁמְעִי, וְרָאָה בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁגַּם הוּא עָתִיד לִהְיוֹת רֹאשׁ מִשְׁמָרָה, לְפִיכָךְ אָמַר: שִׁשָּׁה; וְזֶהוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְפָנֵינוּ **הָעֲשִׂירִי שִׁמְעִי**. זֶהוּ שֶׁיִּסֵּד הַפַּיְּטָן (בקדשת של יוצר דפרשת שקלים) ״רָשׁוּם מִבֶּטֶן לְהִפָּקֵד בְּמִשְׁמֶרֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Mattithiah - six** But you will find only five. [The answer is that] his wife was pregnant with Shimei, and he saw through the holy spirit that he too was destined to be the chief of a watch; therefore he says “six.” And that is what is stated further: (verse 17): “The tenth: Shimei.” This is what the liturgical poet set down (in the Kedushah of Yozer of Parashath Shekalim): “Inscribed from the womb to be counted in the watch of the Sanctuary.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:3:2
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**עַל יְדֵי אֲבִיהֶם יְדוּתוּן.** דֻּגְמָא: ״עַל יָדוֹ הֶחֱזִיק״ (נחמיה ג:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**beside their father Jeduthun** עַל יְדֵי, similar to (Neh. 3:8): “And beside him (עַל יָדוֹ)... repaired.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:3:3
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**הַנִּבָּא עַל הוֹדוֹת וְהַלֵּל.** שֶׁהָיוּ מְנַגְּנִים בְּכִנּוֹר מִזְמוֹרֵי ״הוֹדוּ״ וּמִזְמוֹרֵי ״הַלְלוּיָהּ״, וְהָיָה מִתְנַבֵּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who prophesied with [songs of] thanksgiving and praise** For on the harp they would play songs of “Give thanks (הוֹדוּ)” and songs of “Hallelujah (הַלְלוּיָהּ),” and he would prophesy.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:4:1
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**וְרוֹמַמְתִּי עֶזֶר.** שֵׁם אֶחָד הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Romamti Ezer** This is one name.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:5:1
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**חֹזֵה הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּדִבְרֵי הָאֱלֹהִים לְהָרִים קָרֶן.** קֶרֶן הַנְּבוּאָה שֶׁמִּתְנַבֵּא לַמֶּלֶךְ; דּוּגְמָא: ״וְיָרֵם קֶרֶן מְשִׁיחוֹ״ (שמואל א ב:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the king’s seer, in words of God to raise the horn** the horn of the prophecy, for he would prophesy for the king. A similar instance of this is (I Sam. 2:10): “... and raise the horn of His anointed one.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:5:2
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**וַיִּתֵּן הָאֱלֹהִים לְהֵימָן.** כְּלוֹמַר: אִם לֹא שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ אֱלֹהִים הַבָּנִים, אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁהָיוּ לוֹ אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר בָּנִים וְשָׁלוֹשׁ בָּנוֹת וְכֻלָּן רְאוּיִין לִהְיוֹת רָאשֵׁי מִשְׁמָרוֹת. דּוּגְמָא: ״וַיִּתֵּן ה׳ לָהּ הֵרָיוֹן וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן״ (רות ד:יג) – אִם לֹא שֶׁהָיְתָה מַתָּנָה זוֹ מֵה׳, אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיּוֹלִיד בֹּעַז שֶׁהָיָה זָקֵן; וְכֵן ״וַיַּרְאֵהוּ ה׳ אֶת כָּל הָאָרֶץ״ (דברים לד:א) – אִם לֹא מֵאֵת ה׳ הָיְתָה רְאוּיָה זֹאת, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהַבִּיט כָּל כָּךְ לְמֵרָחוֹק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and God gave Heman** Had not God given him children, it would have been impossible for him to have fourteen sons and three daughters, with all of them fit to be chiefs of watches. A similar case is (Ruth 4:13): “... and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.” Had not this been a gift from the Lord, it would have been impossible for Boaz to father a son, because he was old. Similarly, (Deut. 34:1): “and the Lord showed him all the land.” Had this vision not been from the Lord, it would have been impossible to see so far.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:7:1
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**כָּל הַמֵּבִין.** לְעִנְיַן שִׁירָה נוֹפֵל לוֹמַר ״מֵבִין״, כְּדִכְתִיב ״מֵבִין עִם תַּלְמִיד״ (דברי הימים א כה:ח); ״וּכְנַנְיָהוּ שַׂר הַלְוִיִּם בְּמַשָּׂא יָסֹר בְּמַשָּׂא כִּי מֵבִין הוּא״ (דברי הימים א טו:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**every expert** - Heb. הַמֵּבִין. In regard to song, the expression is appropriate, for it is written: (below verse 8): “expert (מֵבִין) with pupil.” [Also] (15:22): “And Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in song; he would chastise in song because he was an expert (מֵבִין).”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:8:1
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**וַיַּפִּילוּ גוֹרָלוֹת מִשְׁמֶרֶת לְעֻמַּת.** פִּתְרוֹן: מִשְׁמֶרֶת לְעֻמַּת מִשְׁמֶרֶת; וְדוּגְמָא לְמַעְלָה: ״וָאֶהְיֶה מִתְהַלֵּךְ מֵאֹהֶל אֶל אֹהֶל וּמִמִּשְׁכָּן״ (דברי הימים א יז:ה) – פִּתְרוֹן: מִמִּשְׁכָּן אֶל מִשְׁכָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they cast lots, a watch against** The meaning is a watch against a watch, and a similar [case] is [found] above (16:5): “... but I have walked from tent to tent and from tabernacle,” which means: “and from tabernacle to tabernacle.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:8:2
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**כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֹל מֵבִין עִם תַּלְמִיד.** פִּתְרוֹן: הִפִּילוּ **גוֹרָלוֹת** עַל הַמִּשְׁמָרוֹת, זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה, מִשְׁמֶרֶת לְעֻמַּת מִשְׁמֶרֶת, כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדוֹל, מֵבִין – הָרַב, עִם תַּלְמִיד, כֻּלָּם הָיוּ שָׁוִין בָּזֶה לְמִי שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ הַגּוֹרָל הָרִאשׁוֹן: אִם לְקָטָן – כֵּן יַקְדִּים הוּא לִהְיוֹת רִאשׁוֹן, וְאִם אַחֲרוֹן – יִהְיֶה אַחֲרוֹן; וְכֵן כֻּלָּם: בֵּין מֵבִין בֵּין תַּלְמִיד, בֵּין קָטָן בֵּין גָּדוֹל. וּמִשְׁמָרוֹת אֵלּוּ שֶׁל לְוִיִּם הוֹלְכִים אַחַר מִשְׁמָרוֹת שֶׁל כֹּהֲנִים (דברי הימים א כד:ז-יח), לְמִי שֶׁנּוֹפֵל הַגּוֹרָל הָאֶחָד – מִשְׁמֶרֶת רִאשׁוֹן עִם מִשְׁמֶרֶת יְהוֹיָרִיב הַכֹּהֵן, וּלְמִי שֶׁיִּפֹּל הַגּוֹרָל הַשֵּׁנִי, יְשַׁמֵּשׁ הוּא וּמִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ עִם מִשְׁמֶרֶת יְדַעְיָה הַכֹּהֵן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the small one so the great one, scholar with pupil** The meaning is that they cast lots for the watches, this one against that one, a watch against a watch, the small one was like the great one, the expert master with the pupil, all of them were equal in this, for the one on whom the first lot fell, if to the small one, he would come first to be the first one, and if last, he would be the last one, and so all of them, whether a scholar or a pupil, whether a small person or a great one. And these watches of the Levites followed the watches of the priests: the one to whom the first lot fell had the first lot, and his watch was with the watch of Jehoiarib the priest, and the one to whom the second lot fell waited, and his watch was with the watch of Jedaiah the priest.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:9:1
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**וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל הָרִאשׁוֹן לְאָסָף לְיוֹסֵף.** בְּנוֹ רִאשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the first lot of Asaph came out to Joseph** his first son.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:9:2
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**גְּדַלְיָהוּ הַשֵּׁנִי.** גְּדַלְיָהוּ בְּכוֹר יְדוּתוּן הוּא (לעיל, ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Gedaliah the second** Gedaliah was the firstborn of Jeduthun.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:9:3
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**וְאֶחָיו וּבָנָיו שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר וְכוּ׳.** פִּתְרוֹן: עַל כָּל מִשְׁמָרָה וּמִשְׁמָרָה יָבֹאוּ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לְוִיִּם, שֶׁהֲרֵי הָיוּ כֻּלָּם מָאתַיִם שְׁמוֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה, וּכְשֶׁתְּחַלְּקֵם לְעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה חֲלָקִים יִהְיֶה כָּל חֵלֶק וְחֵלֶק שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לְוִיִּם. נִרְאֶה לִי: וְזֶהוּ אֶחָיו וּבָנָיו מוּסָב **לְיוֹסֵף** וְלִ**גְדַלְיָהוּ**, וּלְפִי שֶׁבְּפָסוּק אֶחָד שְׁנֵיהֶם נִזְכָּרִים, כָּתַב לְבַד פַּעַם אַחַת **הוּא** וּבָנָיו וְאֶחָיו, וְכָל אֶחָיו וַאֲחֵיהֶם שֶׁבָּעִנְיָן לָאו אֶחָיו מַמָּשׁ, אֶלָּא חֲבוּרָה אַחַת קוֹרֵא אַחִים, (ברודי״ר שפ״ט) בְּלָשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he and his brethren and his sons, twelve** The meaning is that for every watch twelve Levites would come, for all of them equalled two hundred and eighty-eight, and if you divide them into twenty-four parts, each part will consist of twelve Levites. So it appears to me. And this is the meaning of “and his brethren and his sons”: referring to Joseph and to Gedaliah. And since they are both mentioned in one verse, he wrote only once, “he and his sons and his brethren.” And not every “his brethren,” and “their brethren” in this context mean his actual brothers; but he calls one group brethren (in German, *Bruderschaft*).


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:10:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 25:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/25:10:1)

**הַשְּׁלִישִׁי זַכּוּר.** בְּכוֹר אָסָף (לעיל, ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The third: Zaccur** the firstborn of Asaph.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:11:1
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**הָרְבִיעִי לַיִּצְרִי.** שֵׁנִי שֶׁל יְדוּתוּן (לעיל, ג:)

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The fourth to Izri** the second son of Jeduthun.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 25:12:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 25:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/25:12:1)

**הַחֲמִישִׁי נְתַנְיָהוּ.** שְׁלִישִׁי שֶׁל אָסָף; כָּךְ נָפַל הַגּוֹרָל מִזֶּה לָזֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The fifth: Nethaniah** the third son of Asaph. So the lot fell from this one to that one.