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So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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When David got to be an old man, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
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When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
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So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
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When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.
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And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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At the same time he brought together all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
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He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
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And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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David summoned all the political leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites, for the coronation ceremony.
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
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The Levites thirty years and older were counted; the total was 38,000.
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The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.
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All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to thirty-eight thousand.
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Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
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David sorted them into work groups: "24,000 are in charge of administering worship in the sanctuary; 6,000 are officials and judges;
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David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges.
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Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges,
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Then David said, "Twenty-four thousand of them will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD. Six thousand are to serve as officials and judges.
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Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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4,000 are security guards; and 4,000 are to serve in the orchestra, praising GOD with instruments that I have provided for praise."
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Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."
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four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, "which I made," said David, "for giving praise."
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Four thousand will work as gatekeepers, and another four thousand will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made."
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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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David then divided the Levites into groupings named after the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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David divided the Levites into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
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Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi--Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
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The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
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Belonging to the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
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Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
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The Gershonite family units were defined by their lines of descent from Libni and Shimei, the sons of Gershon.
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The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
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The three sons of Ladan: Jehiel, Zetham, and Joel.
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The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel-three in all.
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The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel--three in all.
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Three of the descendants of Libni were Jehiel (the family leader), Zetham, and Joel.
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The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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The three sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, all heads of the families of Ladan.
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The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran-three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
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The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Laadan.
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These were the leaders of the family of Libni. Three of the descendants of Shimei were Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.
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And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
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The four sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
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And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei-four in all.
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And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
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Four other descendants of Shimei were Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
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And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
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Jahath came first, followed by Ziza. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons so they were counted as one family with one task.
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Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.
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Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father's house.
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Jahath was the family leader, and Ziza was next. Jeush and Beriah were counted as a single family because neither had many sons.
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The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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The four sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel-four in all.
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel--four in all.
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The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
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The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was especially ordained to work in the Holy of Holies, to burn incense before GOD, to serve God and bless his Name always. This was a permanent appointment for Aaron and his sons.
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The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
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The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.
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The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices in the LORD's presence, to serve the LORD, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
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Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
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Moses and his sons were counted in the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses the man of God were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
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Now the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
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As for Moses, the man of God, his sons were included with the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
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The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
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The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
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The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.
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The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
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Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
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Shubael was the first son of Gershom.
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The descendants of Gershom: Shubael was the first.
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Of the sons of Gershon, Shebuel was the first.
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The descendants of Gershom included Shebuel, the family leader.
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And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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Rehabiah was the first and only son of Eliezer; but though Eliezer had no other sons, Rehabiah had many sons.
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The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
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Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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Eliezer had only one son, Rehabiah, the family leader. Rehabiah had numerous descendants.
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Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
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Shelomith was the first son of Izhar.
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The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
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Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.
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The descendants of Izhar included Shelomith, the family leader.
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Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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Hebron had four sons: Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
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The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
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Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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The descendants of Hebron included Jeriah (the family leader), Amariah (the second), Jahaziel (the third), and Jekameam (the fourth).
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
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Uzziel had two sons: Micah and Isshiah.
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The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second.
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Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.
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The descendants of Uzziel included Micah (the family leader) and Isshiah (the second).
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The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
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The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
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The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
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Eleazar died without any sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married the daughters.
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Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
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Eleazar died with no sons, only daughters. His daughters married their cousins, the sons of Kish.
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The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
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The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth-three in all.
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The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth--three in all.
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The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
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These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
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These are the sons of Levi twenty years and older, divided up according to families and heads of families and listed in the work groups that took care of the worship in the sanctuary of GOD.
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These were the descendants of Levi by their families-the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.
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These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses--the heads of the fathers' houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.
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These were the descendants of Levi by clans, the leaders of their family groups, registered carefully by name. Each had to be twenty years old or older to qualify for service in the house of the LORD.
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For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
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David said, "Now that the GOD of Israel has given rest to his people and made Jerusalem his permanent home,
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For David had said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
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For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever";
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For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has given us peace, and he will always live in Jerusalem.
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And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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the Levites no longer have to carry the Tabernacle and all the furniture required for the work of worship."
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the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."
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and also to the Levites, "They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service."
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Now the Levites will no longer need to carry the Tabernacle and its utensils from place to place."
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
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These last words of David referred only to Levites twenty years old and above.
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According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;
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It was according to David's final instructions that all the Levites twenty years old or older were registered for service.
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Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
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From now on the assigned work of the Levites was to assist Aaron's sons in the work of worship in GOD's house: maintain courtyards and closets, keep the furniture and utensils of worship clean, take care of any extra work needed in the work of worship,
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The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.
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because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,
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The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the house of the LORD. They also took care of the courtyards and side rooms, helped perform the ceremonies of purification, and served in many other ways in the house of God.
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Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
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and provide bread for the table and flour for the Meal Offerings and the unraised wafers--all baking and mixing, all measuring and weighing.
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They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
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both with the showbread and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;
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They were in charge of the sacred bread that was set out on the table, the choice flour for the grain offerings, the wafers made without yeast, the cakes cooked in olive oil, and the other mixed breads. They were also responsible to check all the weights and measures.
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And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
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Also they were to be present for morning prayers, thanking and praising GOD, for evening prayers,
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They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD. They were to do the same in the evening
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to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening;
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And each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.
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And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
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and at the service of Whole-Burnt-Offerings to GOD on Sabbath, at New Moons, and at all festivals. They were on regular duty to serve GOD according to their assignment and the required number.
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and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on Sabbaths and at New Moon festivals and at appointed feasts. They were to serve before the LORD regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
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and at every presentation of a burnt offering to the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the set feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly before the LORD;
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They assisted with the burnt offerings that were presented to the LORD on Sabbath days, at new moon celebrations, and at all the appointed festivals. The proper number of Levites served in the LORD's presence at all times, following all the procedures they had been given.
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And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
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In short, the Levites, with the sons of Aaron as their companions in the ministry of holy worship, were responsible for everything that had to do with worship: the place and times and ordering of worship.
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And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the LORD.
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and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the LORD.
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And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple and faithfully carried out their duties of service at the house of the LORD.
