2 Chronicles 31:2
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And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
In other translations
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
Hebrew words
וַיַּעֲמֵדvaiya'amedand he appointedH5975יְחִזְקִיָּהוּyechizkiyahuHezekiahH2396אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מַחְלְקוֹתmachlekot[the] divisions ofH4256הַכֹּהֲנִיםhakohanimthe priestsH3548וְהַלְוִיִּםvehalviyimand the LevitesH3881עַל־'al-onH5921מַחְלְקוֹתָםmachlekotamdivisions theirH4256אִישׁ׀'isheachH376כְּפִיkefiaccording to [the] mouth ofH6310עֲבֹדָתוֹavodatoservice hisH5656לַכֹּהֲנִיםlakohanimto the priestsH3548וְלַלְוִיִּםvelalviyimand to the LevitesH3881לְעֹלָהle'olahfor burnt offeringH5930וְלִשְׁלָמִיםvelishlamimand for peace offeringsH8002לְשָׁרֵתlesharetto serveH8334וּלְהֹדוֹתulehodotand to give thanksH3034וּלְהַלֵּלulehaleland to praiseH1984בְּשַׁעֲרֵיbesha'areiin [the] gates ofH8179מַחֲנוֹתmachanot[the] camps ofH4264יְהוָה׃ סyahwehYahwehH3068
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- 1 Chronicles 16:37So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,
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- 2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.
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- 2 Chronicles 29:24-2624 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.24 And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel. 25 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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