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These the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
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For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
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And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
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For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward.
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For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
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and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
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and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
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and over all the whole-burnt-offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order to them, continually before the Lord.
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And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.