2Chronicles:31:2-21
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And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests ,
and the Levites ,
over their courses ,
every man according to the requirements of his service ,
both priests and Levites ,
for ascending-sacrifice and for peace-offerings ,
to be in attendance and to give thanks and to offer praise ,
in the gates of the camps of Yahweh ;
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also the portion of the king out of his own substance ,
for the ascending-sacrifices ,
for the ascending-sacrifices of the morning and of the evening ,
and the ascending-sacrifices for the sabbaths ,
and for the new moons and for the appointed feasts ,
as written in the law of Yahweh .
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And he bade the people who were dwelling in Jerusalem give the portion of the priests and the Levites ,
to the end they might persevere in the law of Yahweh .
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And ,
as soon as the thing spread abroad ,
the sons of Israel caused to abound the firstfruit of corn ,
new wine ,
and oil ,
and honey ,
and all the increase of the field ,-
yea ,
the tithe of allin abundance ,
brought they in .
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And ,
as for the sons of Israel and Judah who were dwelling in the cities of Judah ,
even they ,
a tithe of oxen ,
and sheep ,
and a tithe of hallowed things ,
which had been hallowed unto Yahweh their God ,
did bring in and pile upheaps ,
heaps .
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In the third month ,
began they the heaps ,
at the foundation ,
and ,
in the seventh ,
they finished .
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And Hezekiah and the rulers came ,
and saw the heaps ,
and blessed Yahweh ,
and his people Israel .
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Then applied Hezekiah unto the priests and the Levites ,
concerning the heaps .
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And Azariah ,
the chief priest of the house of Zadok ,
spake unto him ,
and said From the time of beginning to bring in ,
the heave-offering ,
into the house of Yahwehto eat and to be full ,
there hath still been left ,
even to this abundance .
For ,
Yahweh ,
hath blessed his people ,
and ,
that which is left ,
is this great plenty .
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Then Hezekiah gave word to prepare chambers ,
in the house of Yahweh ,
and they prepared them ;
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and brought in the heave-offering and the tithe and the hallowed things ,
faithfully ,
and ,
over them ,
as chief ruler ,
was Cononiah the Levite ,
and Shimei his brother ,
next ;
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and Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad ,
and Eliel and Ismachiah ,
and Mahath ,
and Benaiah ,
overseers under the direction of Cononiah and Shemei his brother ,
by the appointment of Hezekiah the king ,
and Azariah the chief ruler of the house of God .
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And ,
Kore ,
son of Imnah the Levite ,
the door-keeper on the east ,
was over the freewill offerings of God ,
to give the heave-offering of Yahweh ,
and the most holy things .
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And ,
under his direction ,
were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah ,
Amariah and Shecaniah ,
in the cities of the priests ,
in trust to give unto their brethren by courses ,
as the great so the small ;
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besides registering them by males ,
from three years old and upward ,
unto every one that entered into the house of Yahweh ,
in the need of a day upon its day ,
by their service ,
in their watches ,
according to their courses :
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both the registering of the priests ,
by their ancestral houses ,
and the Levites ,
from twenty years old and upward ,
in their watches ,
in their courses ;
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even to the registering of all their little ones ,
their wives and their sons and their daughters ,
unto all the convocation ,
for ,
in their trust ,
they hallowed themselves in holiness ;
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also unto the sons of Aaron the priests in the fields of the pasture land of their cities ,
in every several city ,
men who were expressed by name ,
to give portions to every male among the priests ,
and to all registered among the Levites .
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And Hezekiah did thus ,
throughout all Judah ,
and he did that which was good and right and faithful ,
before Yahweh his God .
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And ,
in all the work which he began in the service of the house of Godand in the lawand in the commandment ,
to seek unto his God ,
with all his heart ,
he wrought ,
and prospered .
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