1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

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1 Chronicles 29:28, 1 Chronicles 29:28, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Kings 1:33

2He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

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2 Chronicles 34:29, 2 Chronicles 34:30, 1 Chronicles 13:1, Joshua 24:1, Joshua 23:2

3The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

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1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:24, Numbers 4:2, Numbers 4:49, Numbers 4:2

4David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; six thousand were officers and judges;

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2 Chronicles 19:8, 2 Chronicles 19:8, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:18, 1 Chronicles 23:28

5four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."

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Psalms 87:7, 2 Chronicles 29:25, 2 Chronicles 29:26, Amos 6:5, 2 Chronicles 8:14

6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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2 Chronicles 8:14, 1 Chronicles 6:1, 2 Chronicles 8:14, 1 Chronicles 6:1, 2 Chronicles 29:25

7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

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1 Chronicles 26:21, 1 Chronicles 26:21, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 6:20, Exodus 6:17

8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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1 Chronicles 15:11, 1 Chronicles 15:7, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 6:33

9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan.

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10The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

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11Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

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12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

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Exodus 6:18, Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 6:2, Numbers 3:27, Numbers 26:58

13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

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Exodus 6:20, Deuteronomy 21:5, Exodus 6:20, Deuteronomy 21:5, Exodus 30:6

14But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

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Deuteronomy 33:1, Deuteronomy 33:1, Psalms 90:1, 1 Chronicles 26:23, 1 Chronicles 26:25

15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

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Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3, Exodus 18:4, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3

16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

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1 Chronicles 26:24, 1 Chronicles 26:24, 1 Chronicles 24:20, 1 Chronicles 25:20, 1 Chronicles 24:20

17The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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1 Chronicles 26:25, 1 Chronicles 26:25

18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

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1 Chronicles 24:22, 1 Chronicles 26:26, 1 Chronicles 24:22, 1 Chronicles 26:26

19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

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1 Chronicles 24:23, 1 Chronicles 24:23, 1 Chronicles 15:9, 1 Chronicles 23:12, 1 Chronicles 15:9

20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

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21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

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Exodus 6:19, Exodus 6:19, 1 Chronicles 23:6, 1 Chronicles 6:30, 1 Chronicles 6:20

22Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.

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1 Chronicles 24:28, 1 Chronicles 24:28, Numbers 36:6, Numbers 36:8, Numbers 36:6

23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

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1 Chronicles 24:30, 1 Chronicles 24:30

24These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

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Numbers 10:17, 1 Chronicles 23:3, Numbers 10:21, Numbers 10:17, 1 Chronicles 23:3

25For David said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

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1 Chronicles 22:18, 2 Samuel 7:11, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, 1 Chronicles 22:18

26Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

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Numbers 4:5, Numbers 4:5, Numbers 7:9, Numbers 7:9, Numbers 4:15

27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

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1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:3, 2 Samuel 23:1, Psalms 72:20

28For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God's house;

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2 Chronicles 35:11, 2 Chronicles 35:14, Nehemiah 13:9, 2 Chronicles 35:3, 2 Chronicles 35:6

29for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all kinds of measure and size;

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Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 19:36, Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 19:36, Leviticus 6:20

30and to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise in the evening;

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Psalms 92:1, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 92:1, Psalms 92:3, Ezra 3:10

31and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord;

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Isaiah 1:13, Isaiah 1:14, Isaiah 1:13, Isaiah 1:14, Leviticus 23:24

32and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.

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Numbers 1:53, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:38, Numbers 3:6, Numbers 3:9