## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 28

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:1:1
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**וַיַּקְהֵל דָּוִיד אֶת כָּל שָׂרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** אֵלּוּ הַשָּׂרִים **שָׂרֵי שְׁבָטִים**, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְעַל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָרְאוּבֵנִי״ (דה״א כז:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And David assembled all the leaders of Israel** These are the leaders, the leaders of the tribes, as it is written (above 27:16): “And over the tribes of Israel, the leader of the Reubenites was...”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:1:2
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**וְשָׂרֵי הַמַּחְלְקוֹת.** אֵלּוּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מַחְלְקוֹת שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ (דברי הימים א כז:א), ״וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִסְפָּרָם וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the leaders of the divisions** These are the twelve divisions of the king, as above (27:1): “And the Children of Israel to their number, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:1:3
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**וְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים.** כִּדְלְעֵיל (דברי הימים א יג:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the leaders of the thousands** as above.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:1:4
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**וְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאוֹת.** שׁוֹטְרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the leaders of the hundreds** their officers.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:1:5
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**וְשָׂרֵי כָל רְכוּשׁ וּמִקְנֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ.** אוֹתָן שֶׁמַּזְכִּיר לְעֵיל (דברי הימים א כז:כה-לא), ״עַל אוֹצְרוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ״ וְ״עַל הַכְּרָמִים״ וְ״עַל הַזֵּיתִים״ וְהַמִּקְנֶה – הַשָּׂרִים שֶׁהָיוּ עַל הַבָּקָר וְעַל הַגְּמַלִּים וְעַל הַצֹּאן; שֶׁכָּל מִין הַבְּהֵמָה קָרוּי מִקְנֶה, כְּדִכְתִיב ״גַּם מִקְנֵה בָּקָר וָצֹאן הַרְבֵּה הָיָה לִי״ דְּקֹהֶלֶת (קהלת ב:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the officers over all the property and the livestock of the king** those whom he mentions above (27:25-31): “And over the treasuries of the king... and over the vineyards... and over the olive trees... and the livestock”; and the officers who were in charge of the cattle, and of the camels, and of the flocks, for every species of domestic animal is called מִקְנֶה, as it is written (Ecc. 2:7): “I also had much livestock (מִקְנֶה) consisting of cattle and flocks.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:8:1
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**כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל.** כַּגֵּר כָּאֶזְרָח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all Israel** the stranger like the native.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:8:2
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**וּבְאָזְנֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ.** לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ; דּוּגְמָא: ״אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם״ (דברים כט:ט), וְכֵן ״וַיַּעֲמֹד הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל הָעַמּוּד״ אֲשֶׁר ״לִפְנֵי ה׳״ (מלכים ב כג:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in the ears of our God** Before our God, similar to (Deut. 29:9): “You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God.” Also, (II Kings 23:3): “And the king stood on his place, etc. before the Lord.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:8:3
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**שִׁמְרוּ וְדִרְשׁוּ כָּל מִצְוֹת ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.** זֶה אָמַר לְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל יַחַד, אֲבָל לִשְׁלֹמֹה אָמַר לִפְנֵי כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל: **וְעָבְדֵהוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**observe and seek all the commandments of the Lord your God** He said this to all Israel together, but to Solomon he said it before all Israel [as in the following verse].


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:9:1
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**בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם.** בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם לֹא נֶאֱמַר, שֶׁיְּהֵא מַשְׁמַע: שְׁנֵי לְבָבוֹת, אֶלָּא בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֶלָּא לֵבָב אֶחָד לְאָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם; וְכֵן יָסַד הַפַּיָּט (בקדושתא דמוסף של יום ראשון דראש השנה): ״שְׁנֵי לְבָבוֹת לְךָ כְּאֶחָד לְאֶחָד״. וְדֻגְמָתוֹ: ״וְהָיָה לְבַבְכֶם שָׁלֵם עִם ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ״ (מלכים א ח:סא) – שְׁלֵמִים לֹא כְתִיב, אֶלָּא ״שָׁלֵם״, כָּל שְׁנֵי לְבוֹתָם יִהְיוּ לֵב אֶחָד שָׁלֵם. וְכֵן מְפֹרָשׁ בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (בראשית רבה מח:א): ״וְסַעֲדוּ לִבְּכֶם אַחַר תַּעֲבֹרוּ״ (בראשית יח:ה) – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין לַמַּלְאָכִים אֶלָּא לֵב אֶחָד. וְגַם לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא יִהְיֶה כֵּן, כְּדִכְתִיב ״שִׁיתוּ לִבְּכֶם לְחֵילָה״ (תהלים מח:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and worship Him with a whole heart** Heb. בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם. It is not stated בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם, which would mean two hearts, but בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם, that you shall have but one heart for our Father Who is in heaven. And so did the liturgical poet set down (in the Kedushah of Musaph of the first day of Rosh Hashanah): “You have two hearts like one for the One.” Similar to this, [we find in] (I Kings 8:61): “Let your heart [therefore] be whole (שָׁלֵם) with the Lord our God.” It is not written שְׁלֵמִים but שָׁלֵם: your two hearts will be one whole heart. And so it is explained (Gen. 18:5): “... and refresh your heart (לִבְּכֶם), afterwards you may pass on.” This teaches us that the angels have only one heart, and also in the future it will be so, as it is written: (Ps. 48:14): “Give heed (לִבְּכֶם lit., your heart) to its walls.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:9:2
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**כִּי כָל לְבָבוֹת דּוֹרֵשׁ ה׳.** כָּאן נוֹפֵל לוֹמַר לְבָבוֹת: כָּל לְבָבוֹת דּוֹרֵשׁ ה׳, בֵּין טוֹב וּבֵין רַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the Lord seeks all hearts** Here it is appropriate to say לְבָבוֹת ; the Lord seeks all hearts, whether good or bad.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:9:3
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**וְכָל יֵצֶר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת מֵבִין.** בִּבְרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה שָׁנִינוּ (בראשית רבה ט:ג): קוֹדֶם שֶׁנּוֹצַר יְצִיר מֵבִין הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַה שֶּׁאָדָם עָתִיד לַחְשׁוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He understands the thoughts of every creation** In *Genesis Rabbah* (9:3), we learned: “Before a creature is created, the Holy One, blessed be He, understands what the person is destined to think.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:9:4
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**אִם תִּדְרְשֶׁנּוּ יִמָּצֵא לָךְ.** לְכָךְ אֲנִי אוֹמֵר **וְדִרְשׁוּ כָּל מִצְוֹת ה׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if you seek Him, He will be found to you** Therefore, I say, (v. 8): “and seek all the commandments of the Lord.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:9:5
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**יַזְנִיחֲךָ לָעַד.** יַעַזְבְךָ אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן, אֶלָּא יַזְנִיחֲךָ, שֶׁהוּא קָשֶׁה מִמֶּנּוּ; כְּמוֹ ״וְהֶאֶזְנִיחוּ״ (ישעיה יט:ו); ״זָנַח ה׳ מִזְבְּחוֹ״ (איכה ב:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will abandon you forever** Heb. יַזְנִיחֲךָ. It is not written here: He will forsake you (יַעַזָבְךָ), but He will abandon you (יַזְנִיחֲך), which is [a] harsher [term] like (Isa. 19: 6): “And they will abandon (הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ) the rivers”; (Lam 2:7): “The Lord abandoned (זָנַַח) His altar.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:10:1
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**כִּי ה׳ בָּחַר בְּךָ לִבְנוֹת בַּיִת לַמִּקְדָּשׁ.** לֹא לִבְנוֹת לוֹ לָדוּר בּוֹ, ״כִּי הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לֹא יְכַלְכְּלוּהוּ״ (דברי הימים ב ב:ה), אֶלָּא לַמִּקְדָּשׁ – לְצֹרֶךְ הָאָרוֹן שֶׁנִּקְרָא מִקְדָּשׁ, דִּכְתִיב ״וְנָסְעוּ הַקְּהָתִים נֹשְׂאֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ״ (במדבר י:כא), וְהוּא הָאָרוֹן. וְלֹא בָּחַר בְּךָ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאַתָּה מְשֻׁבָּח מִשְּׁאָר אֲנָשִׁים, אֶלָּא לְמַעֲנוֹ וּלְמַעַן רַחֲמָיו, לְכָךְ **חֲזַק וַעֲשֵׂה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the Sanctuary** not to build it for Him to dwell therein, for the heavens and the heavens of the heavens cannot contain Him, but for the Sanctuary, for the requirement of the Ark, which is called מִקְדָּשׁ, as it is written (Num. 10:21): “And the Kehathites, the bearers of the מִקְדָּשׁ traveled,” and that is the Ark. He did not choose you because you are more praiseworthy than other men, but for His sake and for the sake of His mercies; therefore be strong and do it.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:11:1
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**תַּבְנִית הָאוּלָם.** אָרְכּוֹ וְרָחְבּוֹ וְגָבְהוֹ, כְּדִכְתִיב ״וְהָאוּלָם עַל פְּנֵי הֵיכַל הַבַּיִת וְגוֹ׳״ (מלכים א ו:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the pattern of the porch** Its length, its width, and its height as is written in I Kings (6:3): “And the porch before the Temple of the House, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:11:2
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**וְגַנְזַכָּיו.** מָקוֹם שֶׁאוֹצְרוֹת הַקֳּדָשִׁים מוּנָחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its treasuries** the place where the treasuries of the hallowed objects were deposited.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:12:1
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**אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בָרוּחַ עִמּוֹ.** כַּאֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָהוּ שְׁמוּאֵל הָרוֹאֶה, כְּדִכְתִיב לְקַמָּן ״הֵמָּה יִסַּד דָּוִיד וּשְׁמוּאֵל הָרֹאֶה״ (דברי הימים א ט:כב). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (זבחים נד:): ״וַיִּשְׁאַל וַיֹּאמֶר אֵיפֹה שְׁמוּאֵל וְדָוִד וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בְנָיוֹת בָּרָמָה״ (שמואל א יט:כב) – עוֹסְקִין הָיוּ בְּבִנְיָנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, הוּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְלָמַד לוֹ אוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה מַה שֶּׁאֵין תַּלְמִיד וָתִיק יָכוֹל לִלְמֹד בְּכַמָּה שָׁנִים (מדרש שמואל כב:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that he had by the spirit** As Samuel the Seer showed him, as it is written (above 9:22): “... whom David and Samuel established permanently.” Our Rabbis said (*Zeb.* 54b) (I Sam. 19:22): “... and he asked and said, ‘Where are Samuel and David?’ And one said, ‘Behold at Naioth in Ramah.’” They were engaged in the building of the world. That refers to the Temple. And he taught him at that time what a faithful student cannot learn in many years. (*Mid. Sam.* 22:4)


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:12:2
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**סָבִיב לְאוֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים וּלְאוֹצְרוֹת הַקֳּדָשִׁים.** וְלֹא מְפָרֵשׁ אֵיזֶה מֵהַקֳּדָשִׁים ״אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּישׁ דָּוִיד וְרָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת״ (דברי הימים א כו:כו) שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ פֶּרֶק הָיָה מְמֻנִּים עָלָיו עַד שֶׁיִּבְנוּ בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֲבָל אוֹצָרוֹת אֵלּוּ תָּמִיד הָיוּ, כָּל עוֹד שֶׁהַבִּנְיָן קַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**round about, of the treasuries of the House of God and of the treasuries of the hallowed things** but he does not explain which of the hallowed things that David and the chiefs of the fathers’ houses hallowed [he is referring to]; and at that time they were appointed over it until they would build the Temple, but these treasuries were always in existence as long as the Temple existed.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:13:1
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**וּלְמַחְלְקוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם.** שֶׁחָלַק לְעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע מִשְׁמָרוֹת כִּדְלְעֵיל (דברי הימים א כד:א-יט), כָּל זֶה מָסַר לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And of the divisions of the priests and the Levites** for he divided them into twentyfour watches, as above; all this he gave over to him.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:13:2
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**וּלְכָל כְּלֵי עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית ה׳.** מִשְׁקַל מָה וְכַמָּה כָּל כְּלִי וּכְלִי, כַּמְפֹרָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and of all the vessels of the service of the House of the Lord** the weight of what and how much each vessel is, as is explained.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:14:1
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**לַזָּהָב בַּמִּשְׁקָל לַזָּהָב לְכָל כְּלֵי עֲבוֹדָה וַעֲבוֹדָה.** וְכֵן **לְכָל כְּלֵי הַכֶּסֶף בְּמִשְׁקָל**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Of gold, in weight for gold, for all the vessels of every service** and so for all silver vessels by weight.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:15:1
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**וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶם זָהָב.** מִשְׁקָל לְכָל נֵר וָנֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their lamps of gold** the weight of each lamp.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:15:2
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**בְּמִשְׁקַל מְנוֹרָה וּמְנוֹרָה.** כִּי עֲשָׂרָה מְנוֹרוֹת עָשָׂה (דברי הימים ב ד:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of the weight of each candelabrum** for he made ten candelabra.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:15:3
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**כַּעֲבוֹדַת מְנוֹרָה וּמְנוֹרָה.** וּמִשְׁקָל כְּלֵי עֲבוֹדַת מְנוֹרָה, מַלְקָחֶיהָ וּמַחְתּוֹתֶיהָ (שמות כה:לח); וְגַם מִשְׁקָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the service of every candelabrum** and the weight of the service vessels of the candelabrum, its tongs and its charcoal pans, and also the weight.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:16:1
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**שֻׁלְחֲנוֹת הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת.** לַעֲרֹךְ עָלָיו לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים, **לְמִשְׁקַל שֻׁלְחָן וְשֻׁלְחָן**, כִּי עֲשָׂרָה שֻׁלְחָנוֹת שֶׁל זָהָב עָשָׂה בַּהֵיכָל (דברי הימים ב ד:ח); וּמִשְׁקַל הַכֶּסֶף לַשֻּׁלְחֲנוֹת שֶׁבָּעֲזָרָה שֶׁמַּפְשִׁיטִין עֲלֵיהֶם הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת, וּמִשְׁקַל **הַמִּזְלָגוֹת וְהַמִּזְרָקוֹת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the tables of the showbread** upon which to arrange the showbread. [He instructed him] about the weight of each table, for he made ten golden tables in the Heichal and the weight of the silver for the tables in the forecourt, upon which they would flay the sacrifices, and the weight of the forks and the basins.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:17:1
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**וְלִכְפוֹרֵי הַזָּהָב בְּמִשְׁקָל.** כְּפוֹרֵי כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת, לְקַנֵּחַ בַּכֵּלִים הַדָּם מֵהֶם; וְדוּגְמָא: בְּפֶרֶק קַמָּא דְּבָבָא מְצִיעָא (בבא מציעא כד.): הַהוּא גַּבְרָא דְּכָפַר יְדֵיהּ בִּגְלִימָא דְּחַבְרֵיהּ; וְכָל כַּפָּרָה – לְשׁוֹן קִנּוּחַ וְחִטּוּי הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for the basins of gold in weight** Heb. כְּפוֹרֵי כְּפוֹרֵי. [They] are service vessels with which to wipe the blood from the vessels, and an example is in the first (sic) chapter of *Baba Mezia* (24a): “The man who wiped (דְּכָפַר) his hands with his neighbor’s cloak,” and every [expression of] כַּפָּרָה is an expression of wiping and purification.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:18:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 28:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/28:18:1)

**זָהָב מְזֻקָּק.** כְּמוֹ ״כֶּסֶף מְזֻקָּק״ (דברי הימים א כט:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**refined gold** - Heb. זָהָב מְזֻקָּק, like refined silver (כֶּסֶף מְזֻקָּק).


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:18:2
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**וְלִתַבְנִית הַמֶּרְכָּבָה.** הֵם הַכְּרוּבִים שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה רוֹכֶבֶת עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for the pattern of the chariot** They are the cherubim upon which the Shechinah “rides.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:18:3
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**לְפֹרְשִׂים.** כְּלוֹמַר: הַמְפוֹרָשִׂים וְהַסּוֹכְכִים עַל הָאָרוֹן, כְּדַאֲמַר ״וְהָיוּ הַכְּרֻבִים פֹּרְשֵׂי כְנָפַיִם וְגוֹ׳״ (שמות כה:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which spread out [their wings] and covered** Heb. לְפרְשִׂים. i.e., which were spreading and covering over the Ark, as is stated (Ex. 25: 20): “The cherubim shall spread their wings, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:19:1
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**הַכֹּל בִּכְתָב.** פִּתְרוֹן: הַכֹּל בִּכְתָב סִדֵּר לוֹ, סְכוּם מִשְׁקָל וּמִשְׁקָל שֶׁל כָּל כְּלִי וּכְלִי, שְׁמוּאֵל הָרוֹאֶה (שמואל א ט:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All was in writing** The meaning is: He arranged everything in writing for him: the sum of every weight of every vessel, from Samuel the Seer.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:19:2
[Rashi on I Chronicles 28:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/28:19:2)

**כָּל מְלַאֲכוֹת הַתַּבְנִית.** תַּבְנִית הַבַּיִת חֲכָמַנִי וְהִשְׂכִּילַנִי, כְּמוֹ תַּבְנִית אֹרֶךְ וְרֹחַב וְגֹבַהּ. וְהַכֹּל דָּרַשׁ שְׁמוּאֵל מִן הַתּוֹרָה בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ (מידות ב:א): הַר הַבַּיִת הָיָה חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה עַל חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה; דָּרַשׁ: ״אֹרֶךְ הֶחָצֵר מֵאָה בָאַמָּה וְרֹחַב חֲמִשִּׁים בַּחֲמִשִּׁים״ (שמות כז:יח) – חֲמִשִּׁים פְּעָמִים חֲמִשִּׁים הֵם עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת; נִרְאֶה לוֹמַר: חֲתָכָם לְחָמֵשׁ רְצוּעוֹת לִהְיוֹת חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת עַל חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת. וְהוּא מְיֻסָּד בְּסִלּוּק קְרוֹבְץ שֶׁל שַׁבָּת חֲנֻכָּה, הַמַּתְחִיל ״מְנַשֶּׁה אֶת אֶפְרַיִם וְאֶפְרַיִם אֶת מְנַשֶּׁה״. וְהַכֹּל דָּרַשׁ שְׁמוּאֵל בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְלִמֵּד לְדָוִד כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all the works of the pattern** He endowed me with the wisdom and the understanding of the pattern of the House, e.g., the pattern of the length, the width, and the height, and Samuel derived everything from the Torah with the holy spirit, as we learned (*Middoth* 2:1): “The Temple Mount was five hundred cubits by five hundred cubits.” He expounded (Ex. 27:18): “The length of the forecourt was one hundred cubits; the free width: fifty by fifty.” Fifty times fifty are twentyfive hundred cubits. It appears to me that he cut them into five strips to be five hundred by five hundred cubits. This was set down in the final liturgical poem for the Sabbath of Hanukkah, which commences: “Manasseh, etc.” Samuel derived all this with the holy spirit and taught it to David.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:20:1
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**חֲזַק וֶאֱמַץ.** כְּדֵי שֶׁתִּתְקַיֵּם מַלְכוּתְךָ כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִבְטִיחֲךָ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: **וַהֲכִינוֹתִי מַלְכוּתוֹ עַד עוֹלָם אִם יֶחֱזַק לַעֲשׂוֹת מִצְוֹתַי וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Be strong and of good courage** in order that your kingdom endure as the Holy One, blessed be He, has promised you, (verse 7): “... and I shall prepare his kingdom to eternity if he strengthens himself to perform My commandments, etc.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:21:1
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**וְהִנֵּה מַחְלְקוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם לְכָל עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים עִמְּךָ בְּכָל מְלָאכָה.** כְּלוֹמַר: הַכֹּל עָרַכְתִּי וְסִדַּרְתִּי וְזִמַּנְתִּי לְךָ, מַחְלְקוֹת וּפוֹעֲלִים, וְאֵין לְךָ לְעַכֵּב כִּי אִם מִיָּד לִבְנוֹת הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of, etc.** That is to say: I arranged and set everything up, and I prepared for you the divisions and the laborers, and you have not to delay it but to build the House immediately.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:21:2
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**וְהַשָּׂרִים.** הַמְּמֻנִּים עַל הַפּוֹעֲלִים וְשׁוֹטְרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the leaders** who are appointed over the laborers and their officers.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 28:21:3
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**וְכָל הָעָם לְכָל דְּבָרֶיךָ.** לַעֲשׂוֹת צִוּוּיֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all the people for all your words** to perform your command.