2Chronicles:31

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* Now when all this was finished , all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah , and brake # the images in pieces , and cut down the groves , and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin , in Ephraim also and Manasseh , until they had utterly destroyed them all . Then all the children of Israel returned , every man to his possession , into their own cities . * And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses , every man according to his service , the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings , to minister , and to give thanks , and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD . * He appointed also the kings portion of his substance for the burnt offerings , to wit , for the morning and evening burnt offerings , and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths , and for the new moons , and for the set feasts mow #ed #, as it is written in the law of the LORD . * Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites , that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD . * And as soon as the commandment came abroad , the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn , wine , and oil , and honey , and of all the increase of the field ; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly . * And concerning the children of Israel and Judah , that dwelt in the cities of Judah , they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep tso #n #, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God , and laid them by heaps #H6194 . * In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps , and finished them in the seventh month . * And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps , they blessed the LORD , and his people Israel Yisra #el #. * Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps . * And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him , and said , Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD , we have had enough to eat , and have left plenty : for the LORD hath blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great store . * Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD ; and they prepared them , * And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully : over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler , and Shimei his brother was the next . * And Jehiel Y @chiy #el #, and Azaziah , and Nahath , and Asahel #Asah #el #, and Jerimoth , and Jozabad , and Eliel #Eliy #el #, and Ismachiah , and Mahath , and Benaiah , were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother , at the commandment of Hezekiah the king , and Azariah the ruler of the house of God . * And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite , the porter toward the east , was over the freewill offerings of God , to distribute the oblations of the LORD , and the most holy things . * And next him were Eden , and Miniamin , and Jeshua , and Shemaiah Sh @ma #yah #, Amariah , and Shecaniah , in the cities of the priests , in their set office , to give to their brethren by courses , as well to the great as to the small : * Beside their genealogy of males , from three years old and upward ma #al #, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD , his daily yowm # portion for their service in their charges according to their courses ; * Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers , and the Levites from twenty years old and upward ma #al #, in their charges by their courses ; * And to the genealogy of all their little ones , their wives , and their sons , and their daughters , through all the congregation : for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness : * Also of the sons of Aaron the priests , which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities , in every several city , the men that were expressed by name , to give portions to all the males among the priests , and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites . * And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah , and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God . * And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God , and in the law , and in the commandments , to seek his God , he did it with all his heart , and prospered .

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