Bible Cross References
the priests
1 Chronicles 23:1-26
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And David was old and full of days, and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his place.
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And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
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And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty-eight thousand men.
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Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six thousand scribes and judges;
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and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
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And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And for [the family of] Gershon, Laadan, and Shimei.
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The sons of Laadan [were] Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel- three [in all].
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The sons of Shimei [were] Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three [in all]: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Laadan.
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And to the sons of Shimei [were] Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah: these [were] the four sons of Shimei.
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And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father.
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The sons of Kohath [were] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel- four [in all].
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The sons of Amram [were] Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in His name forever.
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And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses [were] Gershon, and Eliezer.
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Of the sons of Gershon, Shebuel [was] the chief.
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And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very greatly multiplied.
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[Of] the sons of Izhar, Shelomith [was] the chief.
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[Of] the sons of Hebron, Jeriah [was] the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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[Of] the sons of Uzziel, Michah [was] the chief, and Jesshiah the second.
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The sons of Merari [were] Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli [were] Eleazar, and Kish.
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And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters. And the sons of Kish, their brethren, took them [as wives].
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The sons of Mushi [were] Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth- three [in all].
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These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
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For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and has taken up His abode in Jerusalem forever.
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And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, or any of the vessels for its service.
2 Chronicles 35:4
And prepare yourselves according to the houses of your families, and according to your daily courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and [the order] by the hand of his son Solomon.
2 Chronicles 35:5
And stand in the house according to the divisions of the houses of your families for your brethren the sons of the people; [so] also let there be for the Levites a division of the house of their family.
as it is written
Numbers 3:6
Take the tribe of Levi, and you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,
Numbers 8:9-26
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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.