1 Chronicles 6:32
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32 They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
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Psalm 135:1-3
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Praise to God in Creation and Redemption
135 Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord;
(A)Praise Him, O you servants of the Lord!
2 (B)You who stand in the house of the Lord,
In (C)the courts of the house of our God,
3 Praise the Lord, for (D)the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, (E)for it is pleasant.
Psalm 134:1-2
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Praising the Lord in His House at Night
A Song of Ascents.
134 Behold, bless the Lord,
All you servants of the Lord,
Who by night stand in the house of the Lord!
2 (A)Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the Lord.
Psalm 68:24-25
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24 They have seen Your [a]procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25 (A)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
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- Psalm 68:24 Lit. goings
Nehemiah 12:45-47
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45 Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, (A)according to the command of David and Solomon his son. 46 For in the days of David (B)and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. 47 In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for (C)each day. (D)They also [a]consecrated holy things for the Levites, (E)and the Levites consecrated them for the children of Aaron.
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- Nehemiah 12:47 set apart
Nehemiah 12:27-28
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Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall
27 Now at (A)the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, (B)both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the (C)villages of the Netophathites,
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Nehemiah 11:17-23
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17 Mattaniah the son of [a]Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in (A)the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.
19 Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.
20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. 21 (B)But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel. And Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
22 Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the [b]service of the [c]house of God. 23 For (C)it was the king’s command concerning them that a [d]certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day.
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- Nehemiah 11:17 Or Michah
- Nehemiah 11:22 work
- Nehemiah 11:22 Temple
- Nehemiah 11:23 fixed share
Ezra 6:18
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18 They assigned the priests to their (A)divisions and the Levites to their (B)divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, (C)as it is written in the Book of Moses.
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Ezra 3:10-11
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10 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, (A)the[a] priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the (B)ordinance[b] of David king of Israel. 11 (C)And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord:
Then 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 And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places, according to the (A)command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also the gatekeepers (B)were at each gate; they did not have to leave their position, because their brethren the Levites prepared portions 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 the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites (B)for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the [a]camp of the Lord.
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- 2 Chronicles 31:2 Temple
2 Chronicles 29:25-30
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25 (A)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, (B)according to the commandment of David, of (C)Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; (D)for thus was the commandment of the Lord by His prophets. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments (E)of David, and the priests with (F)the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (G)the song of the Lord also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 So all the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 And when they had finished offering, (H)the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped. 30 Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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1 Chronicles 25:7-31
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7 So the (A)number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, (B)the teacher with the student.
9 Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve; 10 the third for Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 11 the fourth for [a]Jizri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 12 the fifth for Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 13 the sixth for Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 14 the seventh for [b]Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 15 the eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 16 the ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 17 the tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 18 the eleventh for [c]Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 19 the twelfth for Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 20 the thirteenth for [d]Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 21 the fourteenth for Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 22 the fifteenth for [e]Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 23 the sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 24 the seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 25 the eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 26 the nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 27 the twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 28 the twenty-first for Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 29 the twenty-second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 30 the twenty-third for Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 31 the twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
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- 1 Chronicles 25:11 Zeri, v. 3
- 1 Chronicles 25:14 Asharelah, v. 2
- 1 Chronicles 25:18 Uzziel, v. 4
- 1 Chronicles 25:20 Shebuel, v. 4
- 1 Chronicles 25:22 Jerimoth, v. 4
1 Chronicles 16:37-42
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Regular Worship Maintained
37 So he left (A)Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before the ark regularly, as every day’s work (B)required; 38 and (C)Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, including Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers; 39 and Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests, (D)before the tabernacle of the Lord (E)at the [a]high place that was at Gibeon, 40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly (F)morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Law of the Lord which He commanded Israel; 41 and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the Lord, (G)because His mercy endures forever; 42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the musical instruments of God. Now the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
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- 1 Chronicles 16:39 Place for pagan worship
1 Chronicles 16:4-6
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4 And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to (A)commemorate, to thank, and to praise the Lord God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then (B)Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; 6 Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.
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1 Chronicles 9:33
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33 These are (A)the singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night.
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1 Chronicles 6:10
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10 Johanan begot Azariah (it was he (A)who ministered as priest in the (B)temple[a] that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
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- 1 Chronicles 6:10 Lit. house
1 Kings 8:6-13
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6 Then the priests (A)brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to (B)its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place, (C)under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 The poles (D)extended so that the [a]ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. 9 (E)Nothing was in the ark (F)except the two tablets of stone which Moses (G)put there at Horeb, (H)when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud (I)filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the (J)glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
12 (K)Then Solomon spoke:
“The Lord said He would dwell (L)in the dark cloud.
13 (M)I have surely built You an exalted house,
(N)And a place for You to dwell in forever.”
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- 1 Kings 8:8 heads
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