1 Chronicles 23:32

So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

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In The King James Version

And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

In Context

31Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

Numbers 8:26After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

Deuteronomy 18:7then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

1 Chronicles 9:27They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:25-32

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1015.) 24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord , from the age of twenty years and upward. 25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the… Read the whole commentary →

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