1 Chronicles 23:5
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5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments (A)that I have made for praise.”
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Amos 6:5
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5 (A)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (B)invent for themselves instruments of music,
Psalm 87:7
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2 Chronicles 29:25-26
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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.
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2 Chronicles 8:14
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14 According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed (A)the divisions of the priests for their service, (B)and the Levites for their offices of praise and (C)ministry before the priests (D)as the duty of each day required, and (E)the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David (F)the man of God had commanded.
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Nehemiah 7:73
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73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns.
(A)And when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.
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Ezra 7:7
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7 And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and (A)some of the priests and (B)Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple (C)servants.
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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 20:19-21
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19 And the Levites, of the (A)Kohathites and the (B)Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into (C)the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! (D)Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him (E)in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
(F)“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
1 Chronicles 26:1-12
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Divisions of the Gatekeepers
26 As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And Meshelemiah had sons: (A)Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 And (B)Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, (C)for God blessed him. 6 Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were men of great ability. 7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen. 10 And (D)Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief), 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 25:1-7
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David Organizes the Musicians
25 David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of (A)Asaph, and of (B)Heman, and of (C)Jeduthun, who (D)prophesied with lyres, with (E)harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who (F)prophesied under the direction of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[a] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, (G)who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman (H)the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, (I)harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king. 7 The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was (J)288.
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- 1 Chronicles 25:3 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts lack Shimei
1 Chronicles 16:41-42
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41 With them were (A)Heman and Jeduthun (B)and the rest of those chosen and (C)expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, (D)for his steadfast love endures forever. 42 Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments (E)for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.
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1 Chronicles 16:38
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38 and also (A)Obed-edom and his[a] sixty-eight brothers, while (B)Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and (C)Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
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- 1 Chronicles 16:38 Hebrew their
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