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Numbers 8:11
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.
Numbers 3:23-37
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And the sons of Gershon shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.
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And the ruler of the household of the family of Gershon [was] Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
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and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.
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To Kohath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Izehar, and another division, that of Hebron, and another division, that of Uzziel: these are the divisions of Kohath, according to number.
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Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.
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And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Kohath [was] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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And their charge [was] the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.
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And the chief over the chief of the Levites [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.
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To Merari [belonged] the family of Mahli, and the family of Mushi: these are the families of Merari.
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The mustering of them according to their number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.
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And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.
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The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, its pillars, its sockets and all their furniture, and their works,
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and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, their pins, and their cords.
Numbers 4:3-32
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from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, everyone that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.
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And these are the works of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.
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And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and they shall cover with it the ark of the Testimony.
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And they shall put a cover on it of blue skin, a garment of all blue, and they shall put the poles through [the rings].
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And they shall put on the table set forth for showbread a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.
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And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the poles into it.
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And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the lampstand that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister.
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And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers.
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And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its poles.
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And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon poles.
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And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.
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And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the firepans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its poles; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.
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And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Kohath shall go in to take up [the furniture]; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Kohath bear in the tabernacle of witness.
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Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer- the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily grain offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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You shall not destroy the family of Kohath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.
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But do this in regard to them, and they shall live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place them each in his post for bearing.
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And [so] they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take the sum of the children of Gershon, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to there families.
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Take the number of them from twenty-five years old and upwards until the age of fifty, everyone that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness.
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This [is] the public service of the family of Gershon, to minister and to bear.
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And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
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And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.
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According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gershon, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and you shall take account of them by name in all things borne by them.
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This is the service of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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Take the number of the sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage.
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Take the number of them from twenty-five years old and upwards until fifty years old, everyone that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness.
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And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and [there shall be] their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle.
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And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and [there shall be] their sockets, and [they shall bear] the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service. And you shall take their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.
1 Chronicles 23:1-32
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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.
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For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
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For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
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and for the showbread, and for the fine flour of the meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
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and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
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and [to be] over all the whole burnt offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord.
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And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
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;
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Numbers 8:11
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.
Numbers 8:13
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.
Numbers 3:12
Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be Mine.