Bible Cross References
the courses
2 Chronicles 5:11
And it came to pass when the priests came out of the sanctuary (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without observing their divisions),
2 Chronicles 8:14
And, according to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the charge of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for thus was the commandment of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 23:8
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were going out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions.
1 Chronicles 16:37
Thus he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter day by day;
1 Chronicles 16:40
to offer burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Law of Jehovah which He had commanded Israel;
1 Chronicles 23:1-26
1
So when David was old and satisfied with days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2
And he gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the head count of the men was thirty-eight thousand.
4
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah, six thousand officers and judges,
5
four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand for praising Jehovah with instruments, which I have made, said David, to give praise.
6
David also divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7
The Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
8
The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel; three.
9
The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran; three. These were the heads of the fathers of Laadan.
10
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah; these, the four sons of Shimei.
11
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were reckoned as one father's house.
12
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; four.
13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart, he and his sons perpetually, that he should consecrate the set apart, holy things, to burn incense before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name perpetually.
14
The sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15
The sons of Moses: Gershon and Eliezer.
16
The sons of Gershon: Shebuel was head.
17
The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah was head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was head.
19
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20
The sons of Uzziel: Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.
21
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth; three.
24
These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses; heads of fathers as they were reckoned by the number of names by head count, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from the age of twenty years and above.
25
For David had said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem always;
26
and also to the Levites, They shall no longer need to carry the tabernacle, nor any of the vessels for its service.
Ezra 6:18
They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
to give thanks
2 Chronicles 29:24-26
24
And the priests killed them; and they offered their blood on the altar as a sin offering to make atonement for all Israel; for the king had commanded the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
25
And he stationed the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of Jehovah by the hand of his prophets.
26
The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
1 Chronicles 16:4-6
4
And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Jehovah the God of Israel:
5
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, Jeiel with lutes and harps, Asaph with resounding cymbals,
6
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests continually with the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Chronicles 16:41-6
1 Chronicles 23:30
to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening;
1 Chronicles 25:1-3
1
Moreover David and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, for prophesying with harps, lutes, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service,
2
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied under the hand of the king.
3
Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah; six; under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
Nehemiah 11:17
Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Psalm 134:1-3
1
i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Behold, bless Jehovah, all you servants of Jehovah, who by night stand in the house of Jehovah.
2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.
3
Jehovah, who made the heavens and the earth, bless you out of Zion.
Psalm 135:1-3
1
Praise YAH! Praise the name of Jehovah; praise Him, O you servants of Jehovah!
2
You who stand in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our God,
3
praise YAH, for Jehovah is good; make music unto His name, for it is delightful.
Jeremiah 33:11
the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who shall say, Praise Jehovah of Hosts, for Jehovah is good, for His mercy is eternal; and the voice of those who shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captives of the land to return, as at the first, says Jehovah.