the houses
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The priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;
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Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God's temple;
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Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;
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and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God's temple.
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The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;
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Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;
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Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
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The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
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he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
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Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his household, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent. Their ancestors had been assigned to the LORD's camp as guardians of the entrance.
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In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the LORD was with him.
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Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted positions.
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So they and their sons were assigned to the gates of the LORD's house, the house of the tent.
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The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
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Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to be with them seven days,
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but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God's temple.
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They spent the night in the vicinity of God's temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.
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Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.
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Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.
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But some of the priests' sons mixed the spices.
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A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
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Some of the Kohathites' relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the bread [of the Presence] every Sabbath.
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The singers, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the [temple] chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.
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These were the heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.
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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_16 11:10-20
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The priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, and
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Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God's house,
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and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah
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and his relatives, the leaders of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,
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and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.
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The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
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and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
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Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
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All the Levites in the holy city: 284.
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The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the gates: 172.
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The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.
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after your courses
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_13 23:1-26
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When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
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Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
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The Levites 30 years old and above were counted; the total number of men was 38,000 by headcount.
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"Of these," [David said], "24,000 are to be in charge of the work on the LORD's temple, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
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4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship."
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Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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The Gershomites: Ladan and Shimei.
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Ladan's sons: Jehiel was the first, then Zetham, and Joel-- three.
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Shimei's sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran-- three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.
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Shimei's sons: Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei's sons-- four.
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Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became an ancestral house [and received] a single assignment.
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Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel-- four.
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Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses. Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of the LORD, to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
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As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
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Moses' sons: Gershom and Eliezer.
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Gershom's sons: Shebuel first.
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Eliezer's sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah's sons were very numerous.
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Izhar's sons: Shelomith was first.
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Hebron's sons: Jeriah was first, Amariah second, Jahaziel third, and Jekameam fourth.
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Uzziel's sons: Micah was first, and Isshiah second.
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Merari's sons: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli's sons: Eleazar and Kish.
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Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
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Mushi's sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth-- three.
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These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses-- the heads of families, according to their registration by name in the headcount-- 20 years old or more, who worked in the service of the LORD's temple.
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For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He has come to stay in Jerusalem forever.
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Also, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service"--
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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 8:14
According to the ordinances of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, of the Levites over their responsibilities to offer praise and to minister before the priests following the daily requirement, and of the gatekeepers by their divisions with respect to each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
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