2 Chronicles 35:3
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3 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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1 Chronicles 23:26
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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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Malachi 2:7
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7 “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.
2 Chronicles 30:22
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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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2 Chronicles 17:8-9
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8 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. 9 (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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Deuteronomy 33:10
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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.
2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 (A)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (B)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.
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2 Chronicles 5:7
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7 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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- 2 Chronicles 5:7 Lit. house
Numbers 16:9-10
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9 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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Nehemiah 8:7-8
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7 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. 8 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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2 Chronicles 34:14
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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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2 Chronicles 8:11
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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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Numbers 8:19
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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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Numbers 4:15-49
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15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then (A)the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; (B)but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.
“(C)These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
16 “The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is (D)the oil for the light, the (E)sweet incense, (F)the daily grain offering, the (G)anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 18 “Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 19 but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach (H)the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and [a]appoint each of them to his service and his task. 20 (I)But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.”
Duties of the Sons of Gershon
21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 22 “Also take a census of the sons of (J)Gershon, by their fathers’ house, by their families. 23 (K)From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. 24 This is the (L)service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying: 25 (M)They shall carry the (N)curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of (O)badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, 26 the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve.
27 “Aaron and his sons shall [b]assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall [c]appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be (P)under the [d]authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Duties of the Sons of Merari
29 “As for the sons of (Q)Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house. 30 (R)From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 31 And (S)this is (T)what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: (U)the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 32 and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall (V)assign to each man by name the items he must carry. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the [e]authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”
Census of the Levites
34 (W)And Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ house, 35 from thirty (X)years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting; 36 and those who were numbered by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were the ones who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who might serve in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
38 And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers’ house, 39 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting— 40 those who were numbered by their families, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 (Y)These are the ones who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all who might serve in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.
42 Those of the families of the sons of Merari who were numbered, by their families, by their fathers’ [f]house, 43 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting— 44 those who were numbered by their families were three thousand two hundred. 45 These are the ones who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered (Z)according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
46 All who were (AA)numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ houses, 47 (AB)from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tabernacle of meeting— 48 those who were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49 According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, (AC)each according to his service and according to his task; thus were they numbered by him, (AD)as the Lord commanded Moses.
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- Numbers 4:19 assign
- Numbers 4:27 command
- Numbers 4:27 assign
- Numbers 4:28 Lit. hand
- Numbers 4:33 Lit. hand
- Numbers 4:42 household
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