Bible Cross References
the bearers
2 Chronicles 2:10
As provisions for your lumbermen, I will send you 100,000 bushels of wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil."
2 Chronicles 2:18
He assigned 70,000 of them to transport materials and 80,000 to cut stones in the mountains, and appointed 3,600 supervisors to make sure the work was done.
2 Chronicles 8:10
There were 250 officials in charge of the forced labor working on the various building projects.
Nehemiah 4:10
The people of Judah had a song they sang: "We grow weak carrying burdens; There's so much rubble to take away. How can we build the wall today?"
and of the Levites
1 Chronicles 23:4
The king assigned twenty-four thousand to administer the work of the Temple, six thousand to keep records and decide disputes,
1 Chronicles 23:5
four thousand to do guard duty, and four thousand to praise the LORD, using the musical instruments provided by the king for this purpose.
scribes
Ezra 7:6
Ezra was a scholar with a thorough knowledge of the Law which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given to Moses. Because Ezra had the blessing of the LORD his God, the emperor gave him everything he asked for. In the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, Ezra set out from Babylonia for Jerusalem with a group of Israelites which included priests, Levites, Temple musicians, Temple guards, and workers.
Jeremiah 8:8
How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest,
officers
2 Chronicles 19:11
Amariah the High Priest will have final authority in all religious cases, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, governor of Judah, will have final authority in all civil cases. The Levites have the responsibility of seeing that the decisions of the courts are carried out. Be courageous and carry out these instructions, and may the LORD be on the side of the right!"
1 Chronicles 23:4
The king assigned twenty-four thousand to administer the work of the Temple, six thousand to keep records and decide disputes,
1 Chronicles 26:29
Among the descendants of Izhar, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned administrative duties: keeping records and settling disputes for the people of Israel.
1 Chronicles 26:30
Among the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and seventeen hundred of his relatives, all outstanding men, were put in charge of the administration of all religious and civil matters in Israel west of the Jordan River.
porters
2 Chronicles 8:14
Following the rules laid down by his father David, he organized the daily work of the priests and of the Levites who assisted the priests in singing hymns and in doing their work. He also organized the Temple guards in sections for performing their daily duties at each gate, in accordance with the commands of David, the man of God.
1 Chronicles 9:17
The following Temple guards lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman. Shallum was their leader.
1 Chronicles 15:18
(SEE 15:17)
1 Chronicles 16:38
Obed Edom son of Jeduthun and sixty-eight men of his clan were to assist them. Hosah and Obed Edom were in charge of guarding the gates.
1 Chronicles 16:42
Heman and Jeduthun also had charge of the trumpets and cymbals and the other instruments which were played when the songs of praise were sung. The members of Jeduthun's clan were in charge of guarding the gates.
1 Chronicles 26:1-19
1
These are the assignments of work for the Levites who served as Temple guards. From the clan of Korah there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Asaph.
2
He had seven sons, listed in order of age: Zechariah, Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
3
Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4
There was also Obed Edom, whom God blessed by giving him eight sons, listed in order of age: Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sachar, Nethanel,
5
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai.
6
Obed Edom's oldest son, Shemaiah, had six sons: Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, Elihu, and Semachiah. They were important men in their clan because of their great ability; the last two were especially talented.
7
(SEE 26:6)
8
Obed Edom's family furnished a total of sixty-two highly qualified men for this work.
9
Meshelemiah's family furnished eighteen qualified men.
10
From the clan of Merari there was Hosah, who had four sons: Shimri (his father made him the leader, even though he was not the oldest son),
11
Hilkiah, Tebaliah, and Zechariah. In all there were thirteen members of Hosah's family who were Temple guards.
12
The Temple guards were divided into groups, according to families, and they were assigned duties in the Temple, just as the other Levites were.
13
Each family, regardless of size, drew lots to see which gate it would be responsible for.
14
Shelemiah drew the east gate, and his son Zechariah, a man who always gave good advice, drew the north gate.
15
Obed Edom was allotted the south gate, and his sons were allotted to guard the storerooms.
16
Shuppim and Hosah were allotted the west gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the upper road. Guard duty was divided into assigned periods, one after another.
17
On the east, six guards were on duty each day, on the north, four, and on the south, four. Four guards were stationed at the storerooms daily, two at each storeroom.
18
Near the western pavilion there were four guards by the road and two at the pavilion itself.
19
This is the assignment of guard duty to the clan of Korah and the clan of Merari.
Ezra 7:7
(SEE 7:6)