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And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the coursesb of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the portersc also by their courses at every gate: for so κhad David the man of God commanded.

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1 Chron. 24‑25• (1 Chron. 24‑25)

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1 Chron. 9:17• ¹⁷And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief. (1 Chron. 9:17)

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1 Chron. 26:1• ¹The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. (1 Chron. 26:1)

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the courses.

2 Chron. 5:11• ¹¹And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present were hallowed without observing the courses; (2 Chron. 5:11)

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2 Chron. 23:4• ⁴This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be keepers of the doors; (2 Chron. 23:4)

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2 Chron. 31:2• ²And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 31:2)

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1 Chron. 24:1‑19• ¹And the divisions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
²And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.
³And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.
⁴And there were more head-men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads of fathers' houses, and eight of the sons of Ithamar according to their fathers' houses.
⁵And they were divided by lot, one with another; for the princes of the sanctuary and the princes of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.
⁶And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.
⁷And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,
⁸the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,
⁹the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,
¹⁰the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,
¹¹the ninth for Jeshuah, the tenth for Shecaniah,
¹²the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,
¹³the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,
¹⁴the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
¹⁵the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizez,
¹⁶the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,
¹⁷the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
¹⁸the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
¹⁹This is their ordering in their service to come into the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance, through Aaron their father, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him. (1 Chron. 24:1‑19)

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Luke 1:5,8• ⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
⁸And it came to pass, as he fulfilled his priestly service before God in the order of his course, (Luke 1:5,8)

the Levites.

2 Chron. 35:10• ¹⁰And the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment. (2 Chron. 35:10)

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1 Chron. 6:31,32‑48• ³¹And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.
³²And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.
³³And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
³⁸the son of Jizhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
⁴¹the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
⁴³the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
⁴⁴And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,
⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. (1 Chron. 6:31,32‑48)

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1 Chron. 15:16‑22• ¹⁶And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.
¹⁷And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
¹⁸and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers;
¹⁹and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;
²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lutes on Alamoth;
²¹and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing.
²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites for the music, gave instruction in music, for he was skilful. (1 Chron. 15:16‑22)

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1 Chron. 16:4‑6,42• ⁴And he appointed certain of the Levites to do the service before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate, and to thank and praise Jehovah the God of Israel:
⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of lutes and with harps; and Asaph sounding with cymbals;
⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
⁴²and with them, with Heman and Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud; and the musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were at the gate. (1 Chron. 16:4‑6,42)

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1 Chron. 23:1‑32• ¹And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
²And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
³And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
⁴Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
⁵and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
⁶And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
⁷Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
⁸The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
⁹The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.
¹⁰And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
¹¹And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.
¹²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
¹³The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
¹⁴--And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
¹⁵The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
¹⁶The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
¹⁷And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
¹⁸--The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.
¹⁹The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
²⁰The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second.
²¹The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
²²And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
²³The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
²⁴These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
²⁵For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;
²⁶and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.
²⁷For by the last words of David was this done,--the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
²⁸For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and for the work of the service of the house of God;
²⁹and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for what is baked in the pan, and for that which is saturated with oil, and for all measure of capacity and size;
³⁰and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;
³¹and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;
³²and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah. (1 Chron. 23:1‑32)

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1 Chron. 24:20‑31• ²⁰And as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
²¹Of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the head was Jishijah.
²²Of the Jizharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
²³--And the sons of Hebron: Jerijah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
²⁴The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir;
²⁵the brother of Micah was Jishijah; of the sons of Jishijah, Zechariah.
²⁶The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, his son.
²⁷The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son: Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
²⁸Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
²⁹Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
³⁰And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
³¹These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites,--the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren. (1 Chron. 24:20‑31)

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1 Chron. 25:1‑31• ¹And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was:
²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king.
³Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
⁴Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:
⁵all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
⁶All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.
⁷And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
⁸And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.
⁹And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.
¹⁰The third to Zaccur; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹¹The fourth to Jizri; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹²The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹³The sixth to Bukkijah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹⁴The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹⁵The eighth to Isaiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹⁶The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹⁷The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹⁸The eleventh to Azareel; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
¹⁹The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁰The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²¹The fourteenth to Mattithiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²³The sixteenth to Hananiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁴The seventeenth to Joshbekashah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁵The eighteenth to Hanani; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁶The nineteenth to Mallothi; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁷The twentieth to Elijathah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁸The twenty-first to Hothir; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
²⁹The twenty-second to Giddalti; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
³⁰The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.
³¹The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer; his sons and his brethren, twelve. (1 Chron. 25:1‑31)

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Ezra 6:18• ¹⁸And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses. (Ezra 6:18)

the porters.

1 Chron. 9:17• ¹⁷And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief. (1 Chron. 9:17)

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1 Chron. 26:1‑19• ¹The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
²And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
³Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
⁴--And the sons of Obed-Edom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God had blessed him.
⁶And to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who were rulers in their father's house; for they were mighty men of valour.
⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu and Semachiah.
⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service, were sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
⁹--And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, men of valour, eighteen.
¹⁰--And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;
¹¹Hilkijah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
¹²Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.
¹³And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
¹⁴And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward;
¹⁵to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch.
¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two and two.
¹⁸At the portico westward, four at the causeway, two at the portico.
¹⁹These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari. (1 Chron. 26:1‑19)

so had David the man of God commanded.

Heb. so was thecommandment of David the man of God.

Deut. 33:1• ¹And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (Deut. 33:1)

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2 Sam. 23:2• ²The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue. (2 Sam. 23:2)

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1 Kings 13:1• ¹And behold, there came a man of God from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, to Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. (1 Kings 13:1)

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1 Chron. 28:19• ¹⁹All this said David, in writing, by Jehovah's hand upon me, instructing as to all the works of the pattern. (1 Chron. 28:19)

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Acts 13:22,36• ²²And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption. (Acts 13:22,36)

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And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the duty of every day requiredb; and the doorkeepers by their divisions at every gate: for such was the commandment of David the man of God;

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Lit. "for the thing of the day in its day," as 1 Chron. 16.37, and cf. 2 Chron. 31.16.