Bible Cross References
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1 Chronicles 23:2
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
1 Chronicles 25:1-26
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And King David and the captains of the army appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who [should] prophesy with harps, lutes, and cymbals; and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.
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The sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph [were] next [to] the king.
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To Jeduthun [were reckoned] the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six after their father Jeduthun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.
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To Heman [were reckoned] the sons of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
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All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons, and three daughters.
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All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
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And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, everyone that understood [singing] was two hundred and eighty-eight.
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And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small [of them], of the perfect ones and the learners.
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And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Gedaliah; the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve.
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The third Zaccur, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve;
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the fourth Jizri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve;
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the fifth Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the sixth Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the seventh Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the eighth Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the ninth Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the tenth Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the eleventh Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the twelfth Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the thirteenth Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the fourteenth Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the sixteenth Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the seventeenth Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the eighteenth Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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the nineteenth Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Numbers 3:1-4
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And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in Mount Sinai.
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And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.
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And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.
Numbers 8:5-26
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.
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And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall sprinkle them with the water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
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And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its grain offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and you shall take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin offering.
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And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
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And you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
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And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel; and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.
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And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and you shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
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And you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord.
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And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be Mine.
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And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them before the Lord.
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For these are given to Me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to Myself instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
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For every firstborn among the children of Israel [is] Mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to Myself.
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And I took the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the children of Israel.
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And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw near to the holy things.
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And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
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So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments, and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them, to purify them.
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And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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This is the [ordinance] for the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
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And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
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And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep the charges, but he shall not do the works: so shall you do to the Levites in their charges.
Numbers 16:9
Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to Himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them?
Numbers 16:10
And He has brought you near and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you, and do you seek to be priests also?
Numbers 18:1-32
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And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, You and your sons and your father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and you and your sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
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And take to yourself your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the family of your father, and let them be joined to you, and let them minister to you; and you and your sons with you [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness.
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And they shall keep your charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die.
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And they shall be joined to you, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to you.
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And you shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and [so] there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.
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And I have taken your brothers the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.
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And you and your sons after you shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and you shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.
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And the Lord said to Aaron, Behold, I have given you the charge of the firstfruits of all things consecrated to Me by the children of Israel; and I have given them to you as an honor, and to your sons after you for a perpetual ordinance.
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And let this be to you from all the holy things that are consecrated [to Me, even] the burnt offerings, from all their gifts, and from all their sacrifices, and from every trespass offering of theirs, and from all their sin offerings, whatever things they give to Me of all their holy things, they shall be yours and your sons'.
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In the most holy place shall you eat them; every male shall eat them, you and your sons: they shall be holy to you.
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And this shall be to you of the firstfruits of their gifts, of all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; to you have I given them and to your sons and your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance; every clean person in your house shall eat them.
12
Every first offering of oil, and every first offering of wine, their firstfruits of grain, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
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All the firstfruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be yours: every clean person in your house shall eat them.
14
Every devoted thing among the children of Israel shall be yours.
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And everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours: only the firstborn of men shall be surely redeemed, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean cattle.
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And the redemption of them [shall be] from a month old; their valuation of five shekels- it is twenty gerahs according to the holy shekel.
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But you shall not redeem the firstborn of calves and the firstborn of sheep and the firstborn of goats; they are holy; and you shall pour their blood upon the altar, and you shall offer the fat as a burnt offering for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.
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And the flesh shall be yours, as also the breast of the wave offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be yours.
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Every special offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord, for you and your seed after you.
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And the Lord said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them, for I [am] your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
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And behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, the work in which they perform in the tabernacle of witness.
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And the children of Israel shall no more draw near to the tabernacle of witness to incur fatal guilt.
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And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle of witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual statute throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children of Israel they shall not receive an inheritance.
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Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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You shall also speak to the Levites, and shall say to them, If you take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them for an inheritance, then shall you separate from it a heave offering to the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.
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And your heave offerings shall be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor, and an offering from the winepress.
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So shall you also separate them from all the offerings of the Lord out of all your tithes, whatsoever you shall receive from the children of Israel; and you shall give to them of the Lord's offering, to Aaron the priest.
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Of all your gifts you shall offer an offering to the Lord, and of every firstfruit the consecrated part from it.
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And you shall say to them, When you shall offer the firstfruits from it, then shall it be reckoned to the Levites as produce from the threshing floor, and as produce from the winepress.
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And you shall eat it in any place, you and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.
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And you shall not bear sin by reason of it, for you shall have offered an offering of firstfruits from it, and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you die not.