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Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites ,
every man in his division ,
in relation to his work ,
for the burned offerings and peace-offerings ,
and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord '
s house .
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And he gave the king '
s part of his private property for the burned offerings ,
that is ,
for the morning and evening offerings ,
and the offerings for the Sabbath and the new moons and the regular feasts ,
as it is recorded in the law of the Lord .
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In addition ,
he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right ,
so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord .
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And when the order was made public ,
straight away the children of Israel gave ,
in great amounts ,
the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey ,
and of the produce of their fields ;
and they took in a tenth part of everything ,
a great store .
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And the children of Israel and Judah ,
who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep ,
and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God ,
and put them in great masses .
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The first store of things was put down in the third month ,
and in the seventh month the masses were complete .
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And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods ,
they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel .
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Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods .
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And Azariah ,
the chief priest ,
of the family of Zadok ,
said in answer ,
From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord ,
we have had food enough ,
and more than enough :
for the blessing of the Lord is on his people ;
and there is this great store which has not been used .
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Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord ;
and this was done .
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And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things ,
keeping nothing back ,
and over them was Conaniah the Levite ,
with Shimei his brother second to him .
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And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers ,
under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother ,
by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah ,
the ruler of the house of God .
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And Kore ,
the son of Imnah the Levite ,
the keeper of the east door ,
had control of the offerings freely given to God ,
and the distribution of the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things .
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And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah ,
in the towns of the priests ,
who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers ,
by divisions ,
to small and great :
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As well as to all the males ,
of three years old and over ,
listed by their families ,
who went into the house of the Lord to do what was needed day by day ,
for their special work with their divisions .
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And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers '
names ,
but the Levites ,
of twenty years old and over ,
were listed in relation to their work in their divisions ;
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And in the lists were all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters ,
through all the people :
they made themselves holy in the positions which they were given .
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And as for the sons of Aaron ,
the priests ,
living in the country on the outskirts of their towns ,
every different town there were men ,
marked out by name ,
to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests ,
and to all who were listed among the Levites .
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This Hezekiah did through all Judah ;
he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God .
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And for everything he undertook ,
in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders ,
he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose ;
and things went well for him