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Solomon
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| 1 Chronicles 23:1 |
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Now when David reached old age, he made his
son Solomon king over Israel. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:2 |
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And he gathered together all the leaders of
Israel with the priests and the Levites. |
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Offices
of the Levites |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:3 |
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The Levites were numbered from thirty years
old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:4 |
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Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of
the house of the LORD; and 6,000 were officers and judges, |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:5 |
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and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising
the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:6 |
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David divided them into divisions according
to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
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Gershonites |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:7 |
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Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:8 |
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The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and
Zetham and Joel, three. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:9 |
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The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel
and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:10 |
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The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush
and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:11 |
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Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but
Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household,
one class. |
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Kohathites |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:12 |
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The sons of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar,
Hebron and Uzziel. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:13 |
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The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And
Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to
burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:14 |
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But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were
named among the tribe of Levi. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:15 |
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The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:16 |
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The son of Gershom was Shebuel the chief. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:17 |
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The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief;
and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:18 |
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The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:19 |
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The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah
the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:20 |
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The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and
Isshiah the second. |
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Merarites |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:21 |
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The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The
sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:22 |
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Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters
only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:23 |
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The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and
Jeremoth. |
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Duties
Revised |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:24 |
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These were the sons of Levi according to their
fathers' households, even the heads of the fathers' households of those of them
who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the
service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:25 |
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For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has
given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:26 |
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Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry
the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service." |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:27 |
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For by the last words of David the sons of Levi
were numbered from twenty years old and upward. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:28 |
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For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron
with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers and
in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house
of God, |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:29 |
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and with the showbread, and the fine flour
for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what
is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:30 |
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They are to stand every morning to thank and
to praise the LORD, and likewise at evening, |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:31 |
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and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD,
on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the number set by the
ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD. |
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| 1 Chronicles 23:32 |
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Thus they are to keep charge of the tent of
meeting, and charge of the holy place, and charge of the sons of Aaron their relatives,
for the service of the house of the LORD. |
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