the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
      II. There was serving-work, abundance of service to be done in the tabernacle of the house of God (1 Chronicles 6:48; 1 Chronicles 6:48), to provide water and fuel,--to wash and sweep, and carry out ashes,--to kill, and flay, and boil the sacrifices; and to all such services there were Levites appointed, those of other families, or perhaps those that were not fit to be singers, that had either no good voice or no good ear. As every one has received the gift, so let him minister. Those that could not sing must not therefore be laid aside as good for nothing; though they were not fit for that service, there was other service they might be useful in.