Bible Cross References
the priests
1 Chronicles 23:1-26
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When David was very old, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.
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King David brought together all the Israelite leaders and all the priests and Levites.
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He took a census of all the male Levites aged thirty or older. The total was thirty-eight thousand.
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The king assigned twenty-four thousand to administer the work of the Temple, six thousand to keep records and decide disputes,
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four thousand to do guard duty, and four thousand to praise the LORD, using the musical instruments provided by the king for this purpose.
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David divided the Levites into three groups, according to their clans: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Gershon had two sons: Ladan and Shimei.
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Ladan had three sons: Jehiel, Zetham, and Joel,
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who were the heads of the clans descended from Ladan. (Shimei had three sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.)
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Shimei had four sons: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah, in order of age. Jeush and Beriah did not have many descendants, so they were counted as one clan.
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Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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His oldest son, Amram, was the father of Aaron and Moses. (Aaron and his descendants were set apart to be in charge of the sacred objects forever, to burn incense in the worship of the LORD, to serve him, and to bless the people in his name.
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But the sons of Moses, the man of God, were included among the Levites.)
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Moses had two sons, Gershom and Eliezer.
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The leader among Gershom's sons was Shebuel.
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Eliezer had only one son, Rehabiah, but Rehabiah had many descendants.
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Kohath's second son, Izhar, had a son, Shelomith, the head of the clan.
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Kohath's third son, Hebron, had four sons: Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
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Kohath's fourth son, Uzziel, had two sons, Micah and Isshiah.
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Merari had two sons, Mahli and Mushi. Mahli also had two sons, Eleazar and Kish,
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but Eleazar died without having any sons, only daughters. His daughters married their cousins, the sons of Kish.
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Merari's second son, Mushi, had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth.
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These were the descendants of Levi, by clans and families, every one of them registered by name. Each of his descendants, twenty years of age or older, had a share in the work of the LORD's Temple.
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David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given peace to his people, and he himself will live in Jerusalem forever.
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So there is no longer any need for the Levites to carry the Tent of the LORD's presence and all the equipment used in worship."
2 Chronicles 35:4
Take your places in the Temple by clans, according to the responsibilities assigned to you by King David and his son King Solomon,
2 Chronicles 35:5
and arrange yourselves so that some of you will be available to help each family of the people of Israel.
as it is written
Numbers 3:6
"Bring forward the tribe of Levi and appoint them as servants of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 8:9-26
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Then assemble the whole community of Israel and have the Levites stand in front of the Tent of my presence.
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The people of Israel are to place their hands on the heads of the Levites,
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and then Aaron shall dedicate the Levites to me as a special gift from the Israelites, so that they may do my work.
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The Levites shall then put their hands on the heads of the two bulls; one is to be offered as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, in order to perform the ritual of purification for the Levites.
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"Dedicate the Levites as a special gift to me, and put Aaron and his sons in charge of them.
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Separate the Levites in this way from the rest of the Israelites, so that they will belong to me.
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After you have purified and dedicated the Levites, they will be qualified to work in the Tent.
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I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone.
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When I killed all the first-born in Egypt, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal.
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I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites,
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and I assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons, as a gift from the Israelites, to work in the Tent for the people of Israel and to protect the Israelites from the disaster that would strike them if they came too near the Holy Place."
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So Moses, Aaron, and all the people of Israel dedicated the Levites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron dedicated them as a special gift to the LORD. He also performed the ritual of purification for them.
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The people did everything the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. And so the Levites were qualified to work in the Tent under Aaron and his sons.
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The LORD said to Moses,
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"From the age of twenty-five each Levite shall perform his duties in the Tent of my presence,
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and at the age of fifty he shall retire.
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After that, he may help his fellow Levites in performing their duties in the Tent, but he must not perform any service by himself. This is how you are to regulate the duties of the Levites."