Then he said to the Levites (A)who taught all Israel, who were holy to the Lord: (B)“Put the holy ark (C)in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. (D)It shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel.

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He said to the Levites, who instructed(A) all Israel and who had been consecrated to the Lord: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

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26 and also to the Levites, “They shall no longer (A)carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”

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26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”(A)

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“For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

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“For the lips of a priest(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.(C)

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22 And Hezekiah gave encouragement to all the Levites (A)who taught the good knowledge of the Lord; and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings and (B)making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

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22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[a] the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 30:22 Or and confessed their sins to

And with them he sent Levites: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah—the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. (A)So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people.

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With them were certain Levites(A)—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah—and the priests Elishama and Jehoram. They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law(B) of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.

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10 (A)They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
(B)And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

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10 He teaches(A) your precepts to Jacob
    and your law to Israel.(B)
He offers incense before you(C)
    and whole burnt offerings on your altar.(D)

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(A)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (B)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

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For what we preach is not ourselves,(A) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(B) and ourselves as your servants(C) for Jesus’ sake.

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Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the (A)inner sanctuary of the [a]temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 5:7 Lit. house

The priests then brought the ark(A) of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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Is it (A)a small thing to you that the God of Israel has (B)separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to serve them; 10 and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also?

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Isn’t it enough(A) for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?(B) 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.(C)

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Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, (A)helped the people to understand the Law; and the people (B)stood in their place. So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

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The Levites(A)—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed(B) the people in the Law while the people were standing there. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear[a] and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.

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  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it

14 Now when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest (A)found the Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses.

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The Book of the Law Found(A)(B)

14 While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord that had been given through Moses.

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11 Now Solomon (A)brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”

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11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter(A) up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

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19 And (A)I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, (B)that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

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19 From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons(A) to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites(B) and to make atonement for them(C) so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”

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