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1 Chronicles 23:5–17

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Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.
¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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From verse 5

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:25–26Rank 1 from verse 5
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    25And 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.

    26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:14Rank 2 from verse 5
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    14¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses 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 porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  3. Amos 6:5Rank 3 from verse 5
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    5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

  4. Psalms 87:7Rank 4 from verse 5
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    7As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

  5. 1 Chronicles 15:16–24Rank 5 from verse 5
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    16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

    17So 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 degree, 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 porters.

    19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

    20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

    21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

    22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

    23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

    24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  6. 1 Chronicles 16:38Rank 6 from verse 5
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    38And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

  7. 1 Chronicles 16:41–42Rank 7 from verse 5
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    41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;

    42And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

  8. 1 Chronicles 25:1–7Rank 8 from verse 5
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    1MOREOVER David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

    2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

    3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

    4Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

    5All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

    6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

    7So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

  9. 1 Chronicles 26:1–12Rank 9 from verse 5
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    1CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

    2And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

    3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

    4Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, 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 blessed him.

    6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

    7The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

    8All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.

    9And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

    10Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

    11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

    12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.

  10. 1 Chronicles 6:31–48Rank 10 from verse 5
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    31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.

    32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

    33And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

    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 Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

    39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

    40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

    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 stood 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 Hilkiah,

    46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

    47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

    48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

  11. 1 Chronicles 9:17–27Rank 11 from verse 5
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    17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

    18Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

    19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.

    20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.

    21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    22All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

    23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

    24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

    25And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

    26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

    27¶ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

  12. 1 Chronicles 9:33Rank 12 from verse 5
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    33And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.

  13. 1 Kings 10:12Rank 13 from verse 5
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    12And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

  14. 2 Chronicles 20:19–21Rank 14 from verse 5
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    19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

    20¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

    21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  15. 2 Chronicles 35:15Rank 15 from verse 5
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    15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

  16. Ezra 7:7Rank 16 from verse 5
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    7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

  17. Nehemiah 7:73Rank 17 from verse 5
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    73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

From verse 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:14Rank 2 from verse 6
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    14¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses 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 porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:16Rank 3 from verse 6
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    16¶ The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:25Rank 4 from verse 6
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    25And 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.

  5. Ezra 6:18Rank 5 from verse 6
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    18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

  6. 1 Chronicles 24:1Rank 6 from verse 6
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    1NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  7. 1 Chronicles 26:1Rank 7 from verse 6
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    1CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

  8. 2 Chronicles 31:2Rank 8 from verse 6
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    2¶ 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.

  9. 2 Chronicles 35:10Rank 9 from verse 6
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    10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

  10. Exodus 6:16–24Rank 10 from verse 6
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    16¶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

    17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

    18And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

    19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

    20And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

    21¶ And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

    22And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

    23And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

    24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

  11. Numbers 26:57–58Rank 11 from verse 6
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    57¶ And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

    58These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

From verse 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:21Rank 1 from verse 7
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    21As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:7Rank 2 from verse 7
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    7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:17–20Rank 3 from verse 7
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    17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

    18And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

    19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

    20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

  4. Exodus 6:17Rank 4 from verse 7
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    17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

From verse 8

  1. 1 Chronicles 15:11Rank 1 from verse 8
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    11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:17–18Rank 2 from verse 8
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    17So 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 degree, 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 porters.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:20–21Rank 3 from verse 8
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    20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

    21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

  4. 1 Chronicles 15:7Rank 4 from verse 8
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    7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:33–34Rank 5 from verse 8
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    33And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

    34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

From verse 12

  1. Exodus 6:18Rank 1 from verse 12
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    18And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:2Rank 2 from verse 12
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    2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

  3. Numbers 26:58Rank 3 from verse 12
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    58These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

  4. Numbers 3:27Rank 4 from verse 12
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    27¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

From verse 13

  1. Deuteronomy 21:5Rank 1 from verse 13
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    5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

  2. Exodus 6:20Rank 2 from verse 13
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    20And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

  3. 1 Samuel 2:28Rank 3 from verse 13
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    28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

  4. Exodus 30:6–10Rank 4 from verse 13
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    6And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

    7And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

    8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

    9Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

    10And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:3Rank 5 from verse 13
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    3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  6. 2 Chronicles 26:18–21Rank 6 from verse 13
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    18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.

    19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

    20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

    21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

  7. Acts 13:2Rank 7 from verse 13
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    2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

  8. Exodus 28:1–14Rank 8 from verse 13
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    1AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

    2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

    3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

    4And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

    5And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

    6¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

    7It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

    8And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

    9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

    10Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

    11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

    12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

    13¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

    14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

  9. Exodus 29:33–37Rank 9 from verse 13
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    33And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

    34And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

    35And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

    36And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

    37Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

  10. Exodus 29:44Rank 10 from verse 13
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    44And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

  11. Exodus 30:34–38Rank 11 from verse 13
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    34¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

    35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

    36And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

    37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.

    38Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

  12. Exodus 40:9–15Rank 12 from verse 13
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    9And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.

    10And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.

    11And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

    12And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

    13And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

    14And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:

    15And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

  13. Galatians 1:15Rank 13 from verse 13
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    15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

  14. Hebrews 5:4Rank 14 from verse 13
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    4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

  15. Leviticus 10:1–2Rank 15 from verse 13
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    1AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

    2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

  16. Leviticus 10:10Rank 16 from verse 13
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    10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

  17. Leviticus 10:17–18Rank 17 from verse 13
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    17Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

    18Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

  18. Leviticus 16:11–19Rank 18 from verse 13
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    11And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:

    12And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

    13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

    14And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

    15¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:

    16And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

    17And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

    18And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.

    19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

  19. Leviticus 16:32–33Rank 19 from verse 13
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    32And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

    33And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.

  20. Leviticus 17:2–6Rank 20 from verse 13
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    2Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying,

    3What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,

    4And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

    5To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord.

    6And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

  21. Leviticus 9:22–23Rank 21 from verse 13
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    22And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

    23And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people.

  22. Luke 1:9Rank 22 from verse 13
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    9According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

  23. Numbers 16:16–18Rank 23 from verse 13
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    16And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

    17And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.

    18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.

  24. Numbers 16:35–40Rank 24 from verse 13
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    35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

    36¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

    37Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

    38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

    39And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:

    40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

  25. Numbers 16:46–47Rank 25 from verse 13
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    46¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.

    47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

  26. Numbers 18:1Rank 26 from verse 13
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    1AND the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

  27. Numbers 18:3–8Rank 27 from verse 13
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    3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

    4And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

    5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

    6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    7Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

    8¶ And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

  28. Numbers 26:59Rank 28 from verse 13
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    59And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

  29. Numbers 3:27Rank 29 from verse 13
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    27¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

  30. Numbers 6:23–27Rank 30 from verse 13
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    23Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

    24The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

    25The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

    26The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

    27And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

  31. Psalms 106:16Rank 31 from verse 13
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    16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

  32. Psalms 99:6Rank 32 from verse 13
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    6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

  33. Revelation 8:3Rank 33 from verse 13
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    3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

  34. Romans 1:1Rank 34 from verse 13
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    1PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

From verse 14

  1. Deuteronomy 33:1Rank 1 from verse 14
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    1AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

  2. 1 Chronicles 26:23–25Rank 2 from verse 14
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    23Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

    24And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.

    25And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

  3. Psalms 90:1Rank 3 from verse 14
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    1LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

From verse 15

  1. Exodus 18:3–4Rank 1 from verse 15
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    3And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

    4And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

  2. Exodus 2:22Rank 2 from verse 15
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    22And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

  3. Exodus 4:20Rank 3 from verse 15
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    20And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

From verse 16

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:24Rank 1 from verse 16
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    24And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.

  2. 1 Chronicles 24:20Rank 2 from verse 16
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    20¶ And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

  3. 1 Chronicles 25:20Rank 3 from verse 16
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    20The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

From verse 17

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:25Rank 1 from verse 17
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    25And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Chronicles 23:5

COMBINED MEANING

moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

instruments

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Sense 1: Tools or implements by which work is done or effects are produced. Sense 2: Devices made to produce music.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

praise

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1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 23:6

COMBINED MEANING

courses

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Sense 1: Paths or lines of motion. Sense 2: Ordered divisions or turns of service. Sense 3: Channels in which water runs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Levi

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Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 23:8

COMBINED MEANING

chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 23:9

COMBINED MEANING

chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 23:11

COMBINED MEANING

chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reckoning

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of reckon, meaning to count, calculate, consider, regard, or place to an account.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reconing

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1. An accounting, calculation, totaling, or numbering. 2. A grouping under one family or account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 23:13

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sanctify

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To set apart as holy, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, cleanse, purify, or treat as holy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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burn

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Sense 1: To consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

incense

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An aromatic substance or compounded preparation burned in worship or as an offering, producing fragrant smoke.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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minister

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Sense 1: As a noun, one who serves, attends, or executes an appointed charge or office. Sense 2: As a verb, to serve, attend, or perform service. Sense 3: To give, afford, supply, convey, or cause what is named to be supplied.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

bless

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To pronounce or bestow good, favor, or happiness; to praise, thank, or glorify God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Chronicles 23:14

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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named

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of name, meaning to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tribe

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A body of people descended from a common ancestor, especially one of the divisions of Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

Levi

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Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Chronicles 23:16

COMBINED MEANING

chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Chronicles 23:17

COMBINED MEANING

chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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23:2¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

23:3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

23:4Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

23:5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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23:7¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

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23:8The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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23:9The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

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23:10And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

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23:11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

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23:12¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

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23:13The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

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23:14Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

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23:15The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

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23:16Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

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23:17And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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23:18Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

23:19Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

23:20Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.

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