2Chronicles:31
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And when all these things were finished ,
all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out ,
and broke in pieces the (
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statues ,
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standing images (:
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pillars ,
and cut down the groves ,
and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin ,
also of Ephraim and Manasse ,
till they made an end :
and all Israel returned ,
every one to his inheritance ,
and to their cities .
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And Ezekias appointed the (
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daily courses (:
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courses of the priests and the Levites ,
and the courses of each one according to his ministry ,
to the priests and to the Levites ,
for the whole-burnt-offering ,
and for the peace-offering ,
and to praise ,
and to give thanks ,
and to minister in the gates ,
and in the courts of the house of the Lord .
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And the king ’
s proportion out of his substance was appointed for the whole-burnt-offerings ,
the morning and the evening one ,
and the whole-burnt-offerings for the sabbaths ,
and for the new moons ,
and for the feasts that were ordered in the law of the Lord .
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And they told the people who dwelt in Jerusalem ,
to give the portion of the priests and the Levites ,
that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord .
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And as he gave the command ,
Israel brought abundantly first-fruits of corn ,
and wine ,
and oil ,
and honey ,
and every fruit of the field :
and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly .
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And they that dwelt in the cities of Juda themselves also brought tithes of calves and sheep ,
and tithes of goats ,
and consecrated them to the Lord their God ,
and they brought them and laid them (
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Gr .
heaps ,
heaps ;
See Hebrews .;
also Jud strkjv @
15:16 ;
Mr strkjv @
6:40 (:
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in heaps .
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In the third month the heaps began to be piled ,
and in the seventh month they were finished .
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And Ezekias and the princes came and saw the heaps ,
and blessed the Lord ,
and his people Israel .
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Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps .
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And Azarias the priest ,
the chief over the house of Sadoc ,
spoke to him ,
and said ,
From the time that the first-fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord ,
we have eaten and drunk ,
and left even abundantly ;
for the Lord has blessed his people ,
and we have left to this amount .
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And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord ;
and they prepared them ,
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and they brought thither the first-fruits and the tithes faithfully :
and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them ,
and Semei his brother was next .
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and Jeiel ,
and Ozias ,
and Naeth ,
and Asael ,
and Jerimoth ,
and Jozabad ,
and Eliel ,
and Samachia ,
and Maath ,
and Banaias ,
and his sons ,
were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother ,
as Ezekias the king ,
and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded .
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And Core ,
the son of Jemna the Levite ,
the porter eastward ,
was over the gifts ,
to distribute the first-fruits of the Lord ,
and the most holy things ,
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by the hand of Odom ,
and Benjamin ,
and Jesus ,
and Semei ,
and Amarias ,
and Sechonias ,
by the hand of the priests faithfully ,
to give to their brethren according to the courses ,
as well to great as small ;
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besides the increase of males from three years old and upward ,
to every one entering into the house of the Lord ,
a portion according to a daily rate ,
for service in the daily courses of their order .
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This is the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families ;
and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward were in their order ,
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to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters ,
for the whole number :
for they faithfully sanctified the holy place .
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As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests ’
office , —
even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly , —
were appointed to give a portion to every male among the priests ,
and to every one reckoned among the Levites .
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And Ezekias did so through all Juda ,
and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God .
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And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord ,
and in the law ,
and in the ordinances ,
he sought his God with all his soul ,
and (
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See Da strkjv @
8:12 (:
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wrought ,
and prospered .