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1 Chronicles 23:28

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
1 Chronicles 23:28 · King James Version
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  • WEB For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of Yahweh’s house, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;
  • BSB but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
  • NKJV because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,
  • NASB For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the Lord, in the courtyards and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
  • NLT The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the house of the Lord. They also took care of the courtyards and side rooms, helped perform the ceremonies of purification, and served in many other ways in the house of God.

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Their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron in the service of the LORD's house, caring for the courts, rooms, and purification of holy things. The Levites supported the priests in worship.

Overview

The Levites' role was to aid the Aaronic priests, maintaining the temple's spaces and ensuring the purity of holy things. This supportive ministry shows how God's worship involves many serving in differing capacities under proper order. The careful attention to purity reflects God's holiness and the reverence due in approaching Him.

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  • Neh 13:9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
  • 2 Chr 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
  • 2 Chr 35:3–6And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
  • 2 Chr 35:11–14And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
  • Ezek 42:3Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
  • 1 Chr 23:4Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
  • Neh 11:24And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
  • 1 Chr 9:28–29And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
  • Ezek 41:6–11And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
  • 1 Kgs 6:5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
  • Ezra 8:29Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
  • Jer 35:4And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
  • 1 Chr 28:13Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
  • Neh 13:4–5And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
  • 2 Chr 29:18–19Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
  • Ezek 41:26And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
  • 2 Chr 29:5And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
  • Num 3:6–9Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
  • 1 Chr 18:17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
  • Ezek 42:13Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

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