2Chronicles:31

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* And when these things had been duly celebrated , all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda , went out , and they broke the idols , and cut down the groves . demolished the high places , and destroyed the altars , not only out of all Juda and Benjamin , but out of Ephraim also and Manasses , till they had utterly destroyed them : then all the children of Israel returned to their possessions and cities . * And Ezechias appointed companies of the priests , and the Levites , by their courses , every man in his own office , to wit , both of the priests , and of the Levites , for holocausts , and for peace offerings , to minister , and to praise , and to sing in the gates of the camp of the Lord . * And the king 's part was , that of his proper substance the holocaust should be offered always morning and evening , and on the sabbaths , and the new moons and the other solemnities , as it is written in the law of Moses . * He commanded also the people that dwelt in Jerusalem , to give to the priests , and the Levites their portion , that they might attend to the law of the Lord . * Which when it was noised abroad in the ears of the people , the children of Israel offered in abundance the firstfruits of corn , wine , and oil , and honey : and brought the tithe of all things which the ground bringeth forth . * Moreover the children of Israel and Juda , that dwelt in the cities of Juda , brought in the tithes of oxen , and sheep , and the tithes of holy things , which they had vowed to the Lord their God : and carrying them all , made many heaps . * In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps , and in the seventh month , they finished them . * And when Ezechias and his princes came in , they saw the heaps , and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel . * And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites , why the heaps lay so . * Azarias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc answered him , saying : Since the firstfruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord , we have eaten , and have been filled , and abundance is left , because the Lord hath blessed his people : and of that which is left is this great store which thou seest . * Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the Lord . And when they had done so , * They brought in faithfully both the firstfruits , and the tithes , and all they had vowed . And the overseer of them was Chonenias the Levite , and Semei his brother was the second , * And after him Jehiel , and Azarias , and Nahath , and Asael , and Jerimoth , and Jozabad , and Eliel , and Jesmachias , and Mahath , and Banaias , overseers under the hand of Chonenias , and Semei his brother , by the commandment of Ezechias the king , and Azarias the high priest of the house of God , to whom all things appertained . * But Core the son of Jemna the Levite , the porter of the east gate , was overseer of the things which were freely offered to the Lord , and of the firstfruits and the things dedicated for the holy of holies . * And under his charge were Eden , and Benjamin , Jesue , and Semeias , and Amarias , and Sechenias , in the cities of the priests , to distribute faithfully portions to their brethren , both little and great : * Besides the males from three years old and upward , to all that went into the temple of the Lord , and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry , and their offices according to their courses , day by day . * To the priests by their families , and to the Levites from the twentieth year and upward , by their classes and companies . * And to all the multitude , both to their wives , and to their children of both sexes , victuals were given faithfully out of the things that had been sanctified . * Also of the sons of Aaron who were in the fields and in the suburbs of each city , there were men appointed , to distribute portions to all the males , among the priests and the Levites . * So Ezechias did all things , which we have said in all Juda , and wrought that which was good ; and right , and truth , before the Lord his God , * In all the service of the ministry of the house of the Lord according to the law and the ceremonies , desiring to seek his God with all his heart , and he did it and prospered ,

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