Verse 18

And they set{H6966} the priests{H3549} in their divisions,{H6392} and the Levites{H3879} in their courses,{H4255} for{H5922} the service{H5673} of God,{H426} which is at Jerusalem;{H3390} as it is written{H3792} in the book{H5609} of Moses.{H4873}

Referenced Verses

• Num 3:6 : 6 Bring{H7126} the tribe{H4294} of Levi{H3878} near,{H7126} and set{H5975} them before{H6440} Aaron{H175} the priest,{H3548} that they may minister{H8334} unto him.
• 1 Chr 24:1 : 1 And the courses{H4256} of the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} [were these]. The sons{H1121} of Aaron:{H175} Nadab{H5070} and Abihu,{H30} Eleazar{H499} and Ithamar.{H385}
• 2 Chr 35:4-5 : 4 And prepare{H3559} yourselves after your fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} by your courses,{H4256} according to the writing{H3791} of David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} and according to the writing{H4385} of Solomon{H8010} his son.{H1121} 5 And stand in{H5975} the holy{H6944} place according to the divisions{H6391} of the fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} of your brethren{H251} the children of the people,{H1121} and [let there be for each] a portion{H2515} of a fathers'{H1} house of the Levites.{H3881}
• Num 8:9-9 : 9 And thou shalt present{H7126} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} the tent{H168} of meeting:{H4150} and thou shalt assemble{H6950} the whole{H6950} congregation{H4150} of the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478} 10 and thou shalt present{H7126} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall lay{H5564} their hands{H3027} upon the Levites:{H3881} 11 and Aaron{H175} shall offer{H5130} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} for a wave-offering,{H8573} on the behalf of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that it may be theirs to do{H5647} the service{H5656} of Jehovah.{H3068} 12 And the Levites{H3881} shall lay{H5564} their hands{H3027} upon the heads{H7218} of the bullocks:{H6499} and offer{H6213} thou the one{H259} for a sin-offering,{H2403} and the other{H259} for a burnt-offering,{H2403} unto Jehovah,{H3068} to make atonement{H3722} for the Levites.{H3881} 13 And thou shalt set{H5975} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} Aaron,{H175} and before{H6440} his sons,{H1121} and offer{H5130} them for a wave-offering{H8573} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 14 Thus shalt thou separate{H914} the Levites{H3881} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and the Levites{H3881} shall be mine. 15 And after{H310} that shall the Levites{H3881} go in{H935} to do the service{H5647} of the tent{H168} of meeting:{H4150} and thou shalt cleanse{H2891} them, and offer{H5130} them for a wave-offering.{H8573} 16 For they are wholly given{H5414} unto me from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} instead of all that openeth{H6363} the womb,{H7358} even the first-born{H1060} of all the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} have I taken{H3947} them unto me. 17 For all the first-born{H1060} among the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} are mine, both man{H120} and beast:{H929} on the day{H3117} that I smote{H5221} all the first-born{H1060} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} I sanctified{H6942} them for myself. 18 And I have taken{H3947} the Levites{H3881} instead of all the first-born{H1060} among the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 19 And I have given{H5414} the Levites{H3881} as a gift{H5414} to Aaron{H175} and to his sons{H1121} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} to do{H5647} the service{H5656} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} and to make atonement{H3722} for the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} that there be no plague{H5063} among the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} come nigh{H5066} unto the sanctuary.{H6944} 20 Thus did{H6213} Moses,{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} and all the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} unto the Levites:{H3881} according unto all that Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} touching the Levites,{H3881} so did{H6213} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} unto them. 21 And the Levites{H3881} purified{H2398} themselves from sin, and they washed{H3526} their clothes:{H899} and Aaron{H175} offered{H5130} them for a wave-offering{H8573} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} and Aaron{H175} made atonement{H3722} for them to cleanse{H2891} them. 22 And after{H310} that went{H935} the Levites{H3881} in to do{H5647} their service{H5656} in the tent{H168} of meeting{H4150} before{H6440} Aaron,{H175} and before{H6440} his sons:{H1121} as Jehovah{H3068} had commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} concerning the Levites,{H3881} so did{H6213} they unto them. 23 And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559} 24 This is that which belongeth unto the Levites:{H3881} from twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward{H4605} they shall go in{H935} to wait{H6633} upon the service{H5656} in the work of the tent{H168} of meeting:{H4150} 25 and from the age{H1121} of fifty{H2572} years{H8141} they shall cease{H7725} waiting{H6635} upon the work,{H5656} and shall serve{H5647} no more, 26 but shall minister{H8334} with their brethren{H251} in the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} to keep{H8104} the charge,{H4931} and shall do{H5647} no service.{H5656} Thus shalt thou do{H5647} unto the Levites{H3881} touching their charges.{H4931}
• 1 Chr 23:1-9 : 1 Now David{H1732} was old{H2204} and full{H7646} of days;{H3117} and he made Solomon{H8010} his son{H1121} king{H4427} over Israel.{H3478} 2 And he gathered together{H622} all the princes{H8269} of Israel,{H3478} with the priests{H3548} and the Levites.{H3881} 3 And the Levites{H3881} were numbered{H5608} from thirty{H7970} years{H1121} old and upward:{H4605} and their number{H4557} by their polls,{H1538} man{H1397} by man,{H1397} was thirty{H7970} and eight{H8083} thousand.{H505} 4 Of these,{H428} twenty{H6242} and four{H702} thousand{H505} were to oversee{H5329} the work{H4399} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah;{H3068} and six{H8337} thousand{H505} were officers{H7860} and judges;{H8199} 5 and four{H702} thousand{H505} were doorkeepers;{H7778} and four{H702} thousand{H505} praised{H1984} Jehovah{H3068} with the instruments{H3627} which I made,{H6213} [said David], to praise{H1984} therewith. 6 And David{H1732} divided{H2505} them into courses{H4256} according to the sons{H1121} of Levi:{H3878} Gershon,{H1648} Kohath,{H6955} and Merari.{H4847} 7 Of the Gershonites:{H1649} Ladan{H3936} and Shimei.{H8096} 8 The sons{H1121} of Ladan:{H3936} Jehiel{H3171} the chief,{H7218} and Zetham,{H2241} and Joel,{H3100} three.{H7969} 9 The sons{H1121} of Shimei:{H8096} Shelomoth,{H8019} and Haziel,{H2381} and Haran,{H2039} three.{H7969} These were the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of Ladan.{H3936} 10 And the sons{H1121} of Shimei:{H8096} Jahath,{H3189} Zina,{H2126} and Jeush,{H3266} and Beriah.{H1283} These four{H702} were the sons{H1121} of Shimei.{H8096} 11 And Jahath{H3189} was the chief,{H7218} and Zizah{H2125} the second:{H8145} but Jeush{H3266} and Beriah{H1283} had not many{H7235} sons;{H1121} therefore they became a fathers'{H1} house{H1004} in one{H259} reckoning.{H6486} 12 The sons{H1121} of Kohath:{H6955} Amram,{H6019} Izhar,{H3324} Hebron,{H2275} and Uzziel,{H5816} four.{H702} 13 The sons{H1121} of Amram:{H6019} Aaron{H175} and Moses;{H4872} and Aaron{H175} was separated,{H914} that he should sanctify{H6942} the most{H6944} holy things,{H6944} he and his sons,{H1121} for{H5704} ever,{H5769} to burn incense{H6999} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} to minister{H8334} unto him, and to bless{H1288} in his name,{H8034} for{H5704} ever.{H5769} 14 But as for Moses{H4872} the man{H376} of God,{H430} his sons{H1121} were named{H7121} among the tribe{H7626} of Levi.{H3878} 15 The sons{H1121} of Moses:{H4872} Gershom{H1647} and Eliezer.{H461} 16 The sons{H1121} of Gershom:{H1647} Shebuel{H7619} the chief.{H7218} 17 And the sons{H1121} of Eliezer{H461} were: Rehabiah{H7345} the chief;{H7218} and Eliezer{H461} had no other{H312} sons;{H1121} but the sons{H1121} of Rehabiah{H7345} were very{H4605} many.{H7235} 18 The sons{H1121} of Izhar:{H3324} Shelomith{H8019} the chief.{H7218} 19 The sons{H1121} of Hebron:{H2275} Jeriah{H3404} the chief,{H7218} Amariah{H568} the second,{H8145} Jahaziel{H3166} the third,{H7992} and Jekameam{H3360} the fourth.{H7243} 20 The sons{H1121} of Uzziel:{H5816} Micah{H4318} the chief,{H7218} and Isshiah{H3449} the second.{H8145} 21 The sons{H1121} of Merari:{H4847} Mahli{H4249} and Mushi.{H4187} The sons{H1121} of Mahli:{H4249} Eleazar{H499} and Kish.{H7027} 22 And Eleazar{H499} died,{H4191} and had no sons,{H1121} but daughters{H1323} only: and their brethren{H251} the sons{H1121} of Kish{H7027} took{H5375} them [to wife]. 23 The sons{H1121} of Mushi:{H4187} Mahli,{H4249} and Eder,{H5740} and Jeremoth,{H3406} three.{H7969} 24 These were the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} after their fathers'{H1} houses,{H1004} even the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of those of them that were counted,{H6485} in the number{H4557} of names{H8034} by their polls,{H1538} who did{H6213} the work{H4399} for the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} from twenty{H6242} years{H1121} old{H1121} and upward.{H4605} 25 For David{H1732} said,{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath given rest{H5117} unto his people;{H5971} and he dwelleth{H7931} in Jerusalem{H3389} for ever:{H5769} 26 and also the Levites{H3881} shall no more have need to carry{H5375} the tabernacle{H4908} and all the vessels{H3627} of it for the service{H5656} thereof.