Verse 11

And they shalbe ministers in my sanctuary, and kepe the gates of the house, and minister in the house: they shall slay the burnt offeringes, and the sacrifice for the people, and they shal stand before them to serue them.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 16:9 : 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you, that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel, and brought you to hym selfe, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde, and to stande before the multitude, and to minister vnto them?
  • 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 And the priestes were to fewe to flay al the burnt offringes: but their brethren the Leuites did helpe them, till they had ended the worke, & vntil the priestes were sanctified: For the Leuites were purer hearted to be sanctified, then the priestes.
  • 2 Chr 30:17 : 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified, and therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of the Passouer for euery one that was not cleane, to sanctifie him vnto the Lorde.
  • Num 18:6 : 6 Beholde, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel, which as a gyft of yours are geuen vnto the Lorde, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • 1 Chr 26:1-9 : 1 These are the deuisions of the porters. Among the Corethites, Meselemiahu, the sonne of Kore of the children of Asaph. 2 And the sonnes of Meselemiahu were these: Zachariahu the eldest, Iedihel the second, Zebadiahu the third, and Iahniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Iehohanan the sixt, and Eiloenai the seuenth. 4 The sonnes of Obed Edom, Semeia the eldest, Iehosabad the second, Ioah the third, Sacar the fourth, and Nathanael the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seuenth, Peulthai the eyght, for God blessed him. 6 And vnto Semeia, his sonne, were sonnes borne, that ruled in the house of their father: for they were men of might. 7 The sonnes of Semeia, Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, and his brethren were strong men, Elihu and Samachiahu. 8 All these were of the children of Obed Edom: they and their children, and their brethren, actiue men and of strength to do seruice, euen threescore and two of Obed Edom. 9 And Meselemiahu had sonnes and brethren, actiue men, eyghteene. 10 The sonnes of Hosa of the children of Merari, Simri the chiefe, & though he was not the eldest, yet his father set him in the chiefest place: 11 Helkiahu the second, Tebaliahu the third, and Zechariahu the fourth: all the sonnes and brethren of Hosa were thirteene. 12 Among these was deuided the office of the portership, that they shoulde be auncient men, to wayte with their brethren, when they ministred in the house of the Lorde. 13 And they cast lottes betweene the great and small, after the housholde of their fathers, for euery gate. 14 And the lot on the eastsyde fell vpon Selemiahu: And for Zachariahu his sonne (which was a wyfe counsailour) they cast lottes, and his lot came out toward the north. 15 And Obed Edoms lot fell to the south: And for his sonnes fell the houses of Asuppim. 16 For Shuppim and Hosa toward the west, with the gate Shallecheth by the paued streate that goeth vpward, one watch being ouer against an other. 17 In the east were sixe Leuites, and toward the north foure a day, toward the south foure a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. 18 In Parbar toward the west two at the going vp, and two in Pharbar. 19 These are the deuisions of the porters among the sonnes of Koreh, & among the sonnes of Merari.
  • Ezek 40:45 : 45 And he sayde vnto me: This chamber, whose prospect is towarde the south, is for the priestes that haue charge to kepe the house.
  • Ezek 44:14 : 14 And I wyll make them kepers of the watch of the house for all the seruice thereof, & for al that shalbe done therin.
  • Num 3:5-9 : 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 6 Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym: 7 And take the charge with hym, euen the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the seruice of the tabernacle. 8 They shall kepe all the instrumentes of the tabernacle of the congregation, & haue the charge of the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruice of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on their priestes office: and the straunger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne. 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 12 Beholde, I haue taken the Leuites from among the chyldren of Israel for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the chyldren of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine. 13 Because all the first borne are myne: for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, I halowed vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shalbe: I am the Lorde. 14 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wyldernesse of Sinai, saying: 15 Number the chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their kinredes: All that are males from a moneth old and aboue, shalt thou number. 16 And Moyses numbred them, according to the worde of the Lorde, as he was commaunded. 17 And these were the chyldren of Leui in their names: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes: Libni, and Semei. 19 The sonnes of Caath in their kinredes: Amram, Iesar, Hebron, and Oziel. 20 And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers. 21 Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites, 22 And the summe of them after the number of all the males, from a moneth old and aboue, was counted seuen thousande and fiue hundred. 23 And the kinredes of the Gersonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle westwarde. 24 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the Gersonites, shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael. 25 And the charge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the congregation, shalbe the tabernacle and the pauilion, the couering thereof, and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation: 26 And the hangynges of the court, and the curtayne of the doore of the court whiche is rounde about the tabernacle, and the aulter, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof. 27 And of Caath, came the kinred of the Amramites, and the kinred of the Izecharites, the kinred of the Hebronites, and the kinred of the Ozielites: These are the kinredes of the Caathites. 28 And the number of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was eyght thousande and sixe hundred, hauing the charge of the sanctuarie. 29 And the kinred of the chyldren of Caath, shall pitche on the south syde of the tabernacle. 30 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the kinred of the Caathites, shalbe Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel. 31 And their charge shalbe the arke, the table, the candelsticke, and the aulters, & the vessels of the sanctuarie that they minister in, and the vayle, & whatsoeuer belongeth to the ministration therof. 32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest, shalbe captayne ouer all the captaines of the Leuites, and hath the ouersight of them that wayte vpon the sanctuarie. 33 And of Merari came the kinred of the Mahelites, and the kinred of the Musites: These are ye kinredes of Merari. 34 And the summe of them accordyng to the number of al the males, from a moneth olde and aboue, was sixe thousand and two hundred. 35 The captayne and the most auncient of their house that were of the kinred of Merari, was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael: and these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle. 36 And vnder the custodie and charge of the sonnes of Merari, shalbe ye boordes of the tabernacle, & the barres pyllers, and sockettes therof, and all the vessels therof, and all that serueth therto: 37 And the pillers of the court rounde about, with their sockets, their pinnes, and their cordes.
  • 2 Chr 35:10-11 : 10 And so the seruice was prepared, and the priestes stoode in their places, & the Leuites in their distinct companies, at the kinges commaundement: 11 And they slue passouer, and the priestes sprinckled the blood with their hande, and the Leuites pulled of the skinnes of the beastes.