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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 23:18 - Strong Concordance

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2Ch 23:18 Strong Concordance Also Jehoiada [03077] appointed [07760] the offices [06486] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] by the hand [03027] of the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], whom David [01732] had distributed [02505] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], to offer [05927] the burnt offerings [05930] of the LORD [03068], as it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of Moses [04872], with rejoicing [08057] and with singing [07892], as it was ordained by [03027] David [01732].
  King James Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The priests the Levites - Rather, with the versions, "the priests and the Levites." It was the duty of the priests alone to offer the burnt offerings Num 18:1-7, and of the Levites alone to praise God with singing and music Ch1 23:5; Ch1 25:1-7.
 
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1 Moreover David [01732] and the captains [08269] of the host [06635] separated [0914] to the service [05656] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], and of Heman [01968], and of Jeduthun [03038], who should prophesy [05012] [05030] with harps [03658], with psalteries [05035], and with cymbals [04700]: and the number [04557] of the workmen [0582] [04399] according to their service [05656] was:
2 Of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623]; Zaccur [02139], and Joseph [03130], and Nethaniah [05418], and Asarelah [0841], the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] under the hands [03027] of Asaph [0623], which prophesied [05012] according to the order [03027] of the king [04428].
3 Of Jeduthun [03038]: the sons [01121] of Jeduthun [03038]; Gedaliah [01436], and Zeri [06874], and Jeshaiah [03470], Hashabiah [02811], and Mattithiah [04993], six [08337], under the hands [03027] of their father [01] Jeduthun [03038], who prophesied [05012] with a harp [03658], to give thanks [03034] and to praise [01984] the LORD [03068].
4 Of Heman [01968]: the sons [01121] of Heman [01968]; Bukkiah [01232], Mattaniah [04983], Uzziel [05816], Shebuel [07619], and Jerimoth [03406], Hananiah [02608], Hanani [02607], Eliathah [0448], Giddalti [01437], and Romamtiezer [07320], Joshbekashah [03436], Mallothi [04413], Hothir [01956], and Mahazioth [04238]:
5 All these were the sons [01121] of Heman [01968] the king's [04428] seer [02374] in the words [01697] of God [0430], to lift up [07311] the horn [07161]. And God [0430] gave [05414] to Heman [01968] fourteen [0702] [06240] sons [01121] and three [07969] daughters [01323].
6 All these were under the hands [03027] of their father [01] for song [07892] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], with cymbals [04700], psalteries [05035], and harps [03658], for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430], according to the king's [04428] order [03027] to Asaph [0623], Jeduthun [03038], and Heman [01968].
7 So the number [04557] of them, with their brethren [0251] that were instructed [03925] in the songs [07892] of the LORD [03068], even all that were cunning [0995], was two hundred [03967] fourscore [08084] and eight [08083].
5 Moreover four [0702] thousand [0505] were porters [07778]; and four [0702] thousand [0505] praised [01984] the LORD [03068] with the instruments [03627] which I made [06213], said David, to praise [01984] therewith.
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], Thou and thy sons [01121] and thy father's [01] house [01004] with thee shall bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the sanctuary [04720]: and thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of your priesthood [03550].
2 And thy brethren [0251] also of the tribe [04294] of Levi [03878], the tribe [07626] of thy father [01], bring [07126] thou with thee, that they may be joined [03867] unto thee, and minister [08334] unto thee: but thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall minister before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of witness [05715].
3 And they shall keep [08104] thy charge [04931], and the charge [04931] of all the tabernacle [0168]: only they shall not come nigh [07126] the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944] and the altar [04196], that neither they, nor ye also, die [04191].
4 And they shall be joined [03867] unto thee, and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], for all the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168]: and a stranger [02114] shall not come nigh [07126] unto you.
5 And ye shall keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the sanctuary [06944], and the charge [04931] of the altar [04196]: that there be no wrath [07110] any more upon the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
6 And I, behold, I have taken [03947] your brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: to you they are given [05414] as a gift [04979] for the LORD [03068], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
7 Therefore thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall keep [08104] your priest's office [03550] for every thing [01697] of the altar [04196], and within [01004] the vail [06532]; and ye shall serve [05647]: I have given [05414] your priest's office [03550] unto you as a service [05656] of gift [04979]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].