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Numbers 8:11
and Aaron shall wave the Levites before Jehovah, as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, to serve in the service of Jehovah.
Numbers 3:23-37
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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.
Numbers 4:3-32
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from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, regarding the set apart, holy things:
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When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
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And they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of violet; and they shall insert its poles.
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On the table of the Bread of the Presence they shall spread a violet cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the jars for pouring; and the continual bread shall be on it.
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They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
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And they shall take a violet cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its snuffers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they serve it.
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And they shall put it with all its utensils into a covering of badger skins, and put it on a bar.
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Over the golden altar they shall spread a violet cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
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And they shall take all the utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a violet cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a bar.
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And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.
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They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there; the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles.
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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.
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The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the spiced incense, the continual grain offering, the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
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but do this to them, that they may live and not die when they approach the set apart, holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each man to his service and his burden.
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But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, that they not die.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:
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Also take a head count of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' house, by their families.
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From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and the burdens:
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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.
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.
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Numbers 8:11
and Aaron shall wave the Levites before Jehovah, as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, to serve in the service of Jehovah.
Numbers 8:13
And you shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and offer them as a wave offering unto Jehovah.
Numbers 3:12
And behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the sons of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,