1 Chronicles 6:32
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32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.
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Psalm 135:1-3
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Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever
135 (A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
give praise, O (B)servants of the Lord,
2 who (C)stand in the house of the Lord,
in (D)the courts of the house of our God!
3 Praise the Lord, for (E)the Lord is good;
sing to his name, (F)for it is pleasant![a]
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- Psalm 135:3 Or for he is beautiful
Psalm 68:24-25
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24 Your procession is[a] seen, O God,
the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 (A)the singers in front, (B)the musicians last,
between them (C)virgins playing tambourines:
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- Psalm 68:24 Or has been
Nehemiah 12:45-47
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45 And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, (A)according to the command of David and his son Solomon. 46 For long ago in the days of David and (B)Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs[a] of praise and thanksgiving to God. 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the (C)daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; (D)and they set apart that which was for the Levites; (E)and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
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- Nehemiah 12:46 Or leaders
Nehemiah 12:27-28
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Dedication of the Wall
27 And at (A)the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, (B)with cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
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Nehemiah 11:17-23
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17 and (A)Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise,[a] who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in (B)the holy city were 284.
19 The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172. 20 And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, (C)every one in his inheritance. 21 (D)But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God. 23 (E)For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, (F)as every day required.
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- Nehemiah 11:17 Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew beginning
Ezra 6:18
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18 And they set the priests (A)in their divisions and the Levites (B)in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, (C)as it is written in the Book of Moses.
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Ezra 3:10-11
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10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, (A)according to the directions of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,
(B)“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”
And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
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2 Chronicles 35:15
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15 The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place (A)according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's (B)seer; (C)and the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
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2 Chronicles 31:2
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2 And Hezekiah appointed (A)the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, (B)for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.
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2 Chronicles 29:25-30
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25 (A)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, (B)according to the commandment of David and of Gad (C)the king's seer and of (D)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with (E)the instruments of David, (F)and the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (G)the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the offering was finished, (H)the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. 30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
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1 Chronicles 25:7-31
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7 The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was (A)288. 8 And they cast lots for their duties, (B)small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
9 The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve; 10 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 14 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 18 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 20 to the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 21 to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 22 to the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 23 to the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 24 to the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 25 to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 26 to the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 27 to the twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 28 to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 29 to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 30 to the twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 31 to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
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1 Chronicles 16:37-42
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Worship Before the Ark
37 So David left Asaph and his brothers there (A)before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark (B)as each day required, 38 and also (C)Obed-edom and his[a] sixty-eight brothers, while (D)Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and (E)Hosah were to be gatekeepers. 39 And he left (F)Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord (G)in the high place that was at Gibeon 40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord (H)on the altar of burnt offering (I)regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the Lord that he commanded Israel. 41 With them were (J)Heman and Jeduthun (K)and the rest of those chosen and (L)expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, (M)for his steadfast love endures forever. 42 Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments (N)for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.
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- 1 Chronicles 16:38 Hebrew their
1 Chronicles 16:4-6
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4 Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. 5 (A)Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
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1 Chronicles 9:33
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33 Now these, the (A)singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
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1 Chronicles 6:10
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10 and Johanan fathered Azariah ((A)it was he who served as priest (B)in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
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1 Kings 8:6-13
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6 (A)Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord (B)to its place in (C)the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 (D)And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before (E)the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark except (F)the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where (G)the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, (H)a cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
Solomon Blesses the Lord
12 (I)Then Solomon said, “The Lord[a] has said that he would dwell (J)in thick darkness. 13 (K)I have indeed built you an exalted house, (L)a place for you to dwell in forever.”
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- 1 Kings 8:12 Septuagint The Lord has set the sun in the heavens, but
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