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their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men
were
chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
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And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
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And PrAzariah the son of Hilkiah,
the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the
house of God;
12
And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and
Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the
son of Immer;
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And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven
hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
14
And of
the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons
of Merari;
15
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri,
the son of Asaph;
16
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17
And
the porters
were,
Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum
was
the chief;
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Who hitherto
waited
in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies
of the children of Levi.
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And 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 L
ORD
,
were
keepers of
the entry.
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,
and
the Lord
was
with him.
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And
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah
was
porter of the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
22
All 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.
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So they and their children
had
the oversight of the gates of
the house of the Lord,
namely,
the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
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In four quarters were the
porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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And their brethren,
which were
in their villages,
were
to come after seven days from time to time with them.
26
For 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.
28
And
certain
of them had the charge of the
ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
29
Some
of them also
were
appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and
the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
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And
some
of the sons of the priests
made the ointment of the spices.
31
And Mattithiah,
one
of the Levites, who
was
the firstborn of
Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
32
And
other
of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were
over the shewbread, to prepare
it
every sabbath.
33
And 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.
34
These chief fathers of the Levites
were
chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
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