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15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah helped him. They lived in the towns where the priests lived. They faithfully shared the people's gifts among the other Levites and priests, group by group. They included everyone, young and old. 16 They gave gifts to all those who were in the lists of men who could serve God in the temple. They had to be three years old or older.[a] Those men would go into the temple on the right days for their group. They would do the work that their group had to do on those days. 17 The lists of the priests showed the clans that they belonged to. The list of the Levites showed which group they belonged to. Those who were 20 years old or older had to do the work that was given to their group.

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  1. 31:16 ‘Three years’ or ‘30 years’. The Levites must be 30 years old to serve in the temple. See Numbers 4:3; 1 Chronicles 23:3.