Bible Cross References
thou shalt
Numbers 3:1-10
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Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
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And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn; and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to serve as priests.
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Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:
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Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.
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And they shall keep his charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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And they shall have charge of all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are assigned to him from among the sons of Israel.
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Thus you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall have charge of the priesthood; but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp sets out then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the burdens of the tent of meeting for the sons of Kohath.
Numbers 4:25-33
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They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
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the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: thus shall they serve.
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At the mouth of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their burdens and all their service. And you shall assign to them the charge of their burdens.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting. And their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers' house.
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From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall assign them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tent of meeting.
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And this is the charge of their burden according to all their service for the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
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and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall assign to each man by name the utensils of the charge of his burden.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service for the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Exodus 31:18
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exodus 32:26-29
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that Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is for Jehovah, come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.
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And he said to them, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Let every man put his sword on his side, and go and return from gate to gate throughout the camp, and let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
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And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.
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And Moses said, Fulfill your hand today unto Jehovah, that He may bestow upon you a blessing this day, for every man has been against his son and his brother.
Exodus 38:21
This is the reckoning of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
1 Chronicles 23:1-32
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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.
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;
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because their function was to give a hand to the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,
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both with the Bread in Rows and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is in the pans, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;
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to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening;
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and to offer the burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the Sabbaths and on the new moons and on the set feasts, by number according to their ordinance, continually before Jehovah;
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and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 25:1-26
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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,
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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.
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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.
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Of Heman, 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 seer in the Words of God, to exalt his horn; for God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
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All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the hand of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
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So the number of them, with their brethren who were trained in the songs of Jehovah, all with understanding: two hundred and eighty-eight.
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And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar.
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The first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph. The second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons; twelve.
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The third for Zaccur, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The fourth for Jizri, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The fifth for Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The sixth for Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The seventh for Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The eleventh for Azarel, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The twelfth for Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The thirteenth for Shubael, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The fourteenth for Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The fifteenth for Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
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The nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
Ezra 8:25-30
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and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his rulers, and all Israel who were present, had contributed.
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I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,
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twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.
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And I said to them, You are holy unto Jehovah; the articles are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers.
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Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
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So the priests and the Levites accepted the silver and the gold by weight and the articles, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
Ezra 8:33-30
Ezra 8:34-30
Nehemiah 12:8
Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who led the songs of praise, he and his brethren.
Nehemiah 12:22
During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.
Nehemiah 12:47
In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for each day. They also consecrated holy things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the sons of Aaron.
Nehemiah 13:5
had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests.
Nehemiah 13:10-13
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I also perceived that the portions for the Levites had not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had fled to his field.
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So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
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Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil into the storehouse.
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And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.
Nehemiah 13:22-13
the tabernacle
Numbers 1:53
but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.
Numbers 20:11
And Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their cattle drank.
Exodus 31:18
And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exodus 38:21
This is the reckoning of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was counted according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
Psalm 122:4
where the tribes go up, the tribes of YAH, unto the Testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
shall encamp
Numbers 2:17
And the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so they shall set out, everyone in his place, by their standards.
Numbers 3:23-38
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The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
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And the leader of the fathers' house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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The charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
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the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all their work.
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From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.
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The number of all the males, from a month old and above, were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
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The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
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And the leader of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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Their charge was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the veil, and all their service.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.
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From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
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And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.
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The leader of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. These were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
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And the oversight and charge of the sons of Merari was the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all their service,
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and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords.
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And those who were to encamp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to keep the charge of the children of Israel. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Numbers 10:21
And the Kohathites set out, carrying the sanctuary. (The tabernacle had been prepared for them to come.)