Bible Cross References
the priests
1 Chronicles 23:1-26
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So when David was old and satisfied with days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
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And he gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the head count of the men was thirty-eight thousand.
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Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah, six thousand officers and judges,
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four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand for praising Jehovah with instruments, which I have made, said David, to give praise.
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David also divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
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The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel; three.
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The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran; three. These were the heads of the fathers of Laadan.
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And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah; these, the four sons of Shimei.
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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.
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; four.
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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.
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The sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses: Gershon and Eliezer.
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The sons of Gershon: Shebuel was head.
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The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah was head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was head.
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The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
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The sons of Uzziel: Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
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The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth; three.
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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.
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For David had said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem always;
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and also to the Levites, They shall no longer need to carry the tabernacle, nor any of the vessels for its service.
2 Chronicles 35:4
Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses, according to your divisions, according to the writings of David king of Israel and the writings of Solomon his son.
2 Chronicles 35:5
And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren, the sons of the people, and according to the division of the father's house of the Levites.
as it is written
Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.
Numbers 8:9-26
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And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting, and you shall gather together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
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And you shall bring the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites;
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and Aaron shall wave the Levites before Jehovah, as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, to serve in the service of Jehovah.
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And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
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And you shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and offer them as a wave offering unto Jehovah.
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Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.
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Afterward the Levites shall go in to serve the tent of meeting. Thus you shall cleanse them and wave them, a wave offering.
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For they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel; I have taken them for Myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
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For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to Myself.
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I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.
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And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the sons of Israel, to serve in the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel by the children of Israel coming near the sanctuary.
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Thus Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, thus the sons of Israel did to them.
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And the Levites were purified and washed their clothes; and Aaron waved them as a wave offering before Jehovah, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
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Afterward the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, thus they did to them.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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This is what applies to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and above one shall enter to go forth to serve in the service of the tent of meeting;
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and at the age of fifty years they shall return from going forth to this service, and shall serve no more.
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They shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, but they shall not serve in any service. Thus you shall do to the Levites concerning their charge.