Verse 18

And set the priestes in their sundry courses, and the Leuites in their diuers offices, to minister vnto God at Hierusalem, as it is written in the booke of Moyses.

Referenced Verses

• Num 3:6 : 6 Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym:
• 1 Chr 24:1 : 1 These are the deuisions of the sonnes of Aaro. The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• 2 Chr 35:4-5 : 4 And prepare your selues by your auncient housholdes, and companies, according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel, and the writing of Solomon his sonne: 5 And stand in the holy place, according to the deuision of the auncient housholdes of your brethren the children of the people, and after the deuision of the auncient housholdes of the Leuites:
• Num 8:9-9 : 9 And thou shalt bryng the Leuites before the tabernacle of the congregation, thou shalt gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together, 10 And bryng the Leuites before the Lorde, and the children of Israel shall put their handes vpon the Leuites. 11 And Aaron shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waue offeryng of the children of Israel, that they may execute the ministration of the seruice of the Lorde. 12 And the Leuites shal put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes: and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne offeryng, and the other for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an attonement for the Leuites. 13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes, and waue them for a waue offeryng vnto the Lorde. 14 And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe myne. 15 After that, shall the Leuites go in, to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation: And thou shalt cleanse them, & waue them for a waue offering: 16 For they are geuen and deliuered vnto me from among the children of Israel for such as open euery wombe, euen for the first borne of all the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me. 17 For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the lande of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe. 18 And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel. 19 And haue geuen the Leuites as a gift to Aaron and his sonnes from among the children of Israel, to do the seruice of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an attonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if the children of Israel come nye vnto the sanctuarie. 20 And Moyses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, dyd with the Leuites: accordyng vnto all that the Lorde comaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites, euen so did the children of Israel vnto them. 21 And the Leuites were purified, and wasshed their clothes: And Aaron waued them as a waue offeryng before the Lorde, and made an attonement for them, to cleanse them. 22 After that, went the Leuites in, to do their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and his sonnes: as the Lorde had comaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites, euen so they dyd vnto them. 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying: 24 This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites: From twentie and fiue yeres olde and vpwarde, they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation. 25 And from the age of fiftie yeres, they shall ceasse waytyng vpon the seruice therof, and shall serue no more: 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to kepe thynges committed to their charge: but shall do no more seruice. Thus therfore shalt thou do vnto the Leuites touchyng their charge,
• 1 Chr 23:1-9 : 1 So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Solomon his sonneking ouer Israel. 2 And then he gathered together all the lordes of Israel, with the priestes and the Leuites. 3 And the Leuites were numbred from the age of thirtie yeres and aboue: and the number and summe of them was thirtie and eyght thousande men. 4 Of which twentie and foure thousand were set to further the worke of the house of the Lorde: and sixe thousande were officers and iudges. 5 Foure thousande were porters, & foure thousand praysed the Lorde with such instrumentes as was made to prayse withall. 6 And so Dauid put an order among them deuiding them, in partes: Of the children of Leui, Gerson, Caath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gersonites was Laadan, and Semei. 8 The sounes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, Zethan, and Ioel, three. 9 The sonnes of Semei: Selomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the auncient fathers of Laadan. 10 And the sonnes of Semei: were, Iahath, Zina, Ieus, & Beria: these foure were the sonnes of Semei. 11 And Iahath was the chiefe, Ziza the seconde: but Ieus, and Beria had not many sonnes, therfore they were in one reckening according to their fathers housholde, reckened for one auncient housholde. 12 The sonnes of Caath: Amram, Izahar, Hebron, and Uzziel, foure. 13 The sonnes of Amram: Aaron, and Moyses: And Aaron was separated to haue the rule of the holy thinges in the place most holy, he & his sonnes for euer, and to burne incense before the Lorde, and to minister vnto him, and to blesse in his name for euer. 14 Moyses also the man of God, and his children, were named with the tribe of Leui. 15 The sonnes of Moyses: Gerso, & Eliezer. 16 Of the sonnes of Gersom, Sebuel was the chiefe. 17 The sonnes of Eliezer, Rehabia the chiefe: And Eliezer had none other sonnes, but the sonnes of Rehabia were verie many. 18 The sonnes of Izahar, Selomith the chiefe. 19 The sonnes of Hebron, Ieriahu the first, Amaria the seconde, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iermaam the fourth. 20 The sonnes of Uzziel: Micha the first, and Iesia the seconde. 21 The sonnes of Merati: Mahli, & Musi. The sonnes of Mahli: Eleazar and Cis. 22 And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters: and their brethren the sonnes of Cis toke them. 23 The sonnes of Musi: Mahli, Eder, and Ieremoth, three. 24 These are the children of Leui after the houshold of their fathers, euen the auncient of the fathers according to their offices, and after the number and summe of the names of them that dyd the worke in the seruice of the house of the Lord, from the age of twentie yeres and aboue. 25 And Dauid sayde: The Lorde God of Israel hath geuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Hierusalem for euer. 26 That the Leuites also shoulde nowe no more beare the tabernacle, and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.