1 Chronicles 23:28 Cross References - LEB

²⁸ For their station was _⌊to assist_⌋* the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courtyards, over the chambers, and over the cleansing of all the sanctified objects, and with the work of the service of the house of God,

⁶ "Bring near the tribe of Levi, and _⌊set the tribe_⌋* _⌊before Aaron_⌋* the priest, and they will minister to him. ⁷ They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the _⌊Israelites_⌋,* to do the work* of the tabernacle. ⁹ You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the _⌊Israelites_⌋.*

⁵ and he built a structure against the wall of the temple* running all along the walls of the house, for the outer sanctuary and for the inner sanctuary, and made side rooms all around.

²⁸ And some of them were over the utensils of the service, for _⌊they count them_⌋* when they are brought in and _⌊they count them_⌋* when they are brought out. ²⁹ And some of them were appointed over the objects, over the objects of the sanctuary, and over the wheat flour and the wine, the olive oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

¹⁷ And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and the Pelethites. And the sons of David were chief officials under the hand of the king.

⁴ Of these, David said, "Twenty-four thousand are to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials,

¹³ and for the working groups of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, and for all the vessels for the service of the house of Yahweh,

⁵ And he said to them, "Hear me, O Levites! Sanctify yourselves now, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors,* and bring out the defilement from the sanctuary.

¹⁸ And they went into the inner part to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh: the altar of burnt offering, all its objects, the table of the rows of bread and all its objects, ¹⁹ and all the objects that King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he sinned, we have prepared and sanctified. Look, they are before the altar of Yahweh."

¹¹ And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh, and they were prepared.

³ And he said to the Levites who were teaching all Israel, who were sanctified to Yahweh, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. There is no need to carry it on your shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God and his people Israel. ⁴ And prepare yourselves according to _⌊your families_⌋,* according to your working groups, according to the decree* of David king of Israel and according to the decree* of Solomon his son. ⁵ And stand in the sanctuary according to the clans of _⌊your families_⌋* for your brothers, the _⌊lay people_⌋,* and a part of the _⌊family_⌋* of the Levites. ⁶ And slaughter the Passover lamb and consecrate yourself and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

¹¹ And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed the sacrifices. ¹² And they set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the clans of the _⌊families_⌋* for the _⌊lay people_⌋,* to offer to Yahweh according to what is written in the scroll of Moses. And thus they did with the bulls. ¹³ Then they roasted the Passover lamb in the fire according to the ordinance. And they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in kettles, and in dishes and brought it quickly to the _⌊lay people_⌋.* ¹⁴ And afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants* of Aaron, were busy with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night. So the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the descendants* of Aaron.

²⁹ Guard and look after them until you weigh them before the chief priests, the Levites, and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chamber of the house of Yahweh."

²⁴ And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants* of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the hand of the king in all matters concerning the people.

⁴ Before this, Eliashib the priest who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God—the one related to Tobiah— ⁵ prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had formerly put the grain offering, the frankincense, the temple objects, tithes of grain, wine, and oil commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the offerings of the priests.

⁹ And I spoke in order, and they cleansed the chambers. Then I returned the objects of the house of God—the grain offering and the frankincense.

⁴ and I brought them to the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was beside the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

⁶ And the side rooms were _⌊side by side_⌋* in three stories and a total of thirty _⌊rooms_⌋,* and there were offsets* in the wall, which was for the temple for the side rooms, _⌊all the way around_⌋* to be supports, and so they were not supports extending into the wall of the temple. ⁷ And each level widened, and it went around* _⌊upward_⌋* to the side rooms for the structure that surrounds* the temple _⌊upward_⌋* _⌊all the way around_⌋,* therefore the width increased to the temple _⌊upward_⌋,* and thus the lower level goes up to the upper level by means of the middle story. ⁸ And I saw for the temple a platform _⌊all the way around_⌋* the foundations of the side rooms; it was the length of a full reed, six cubits long.* ⁹ The width of the outside wall, which was for the side room to the outside, was five cubits,* and a space that was set between the side rooms, which was for the temple ¹⁰ and between the chambers was the width of twenty cubits* all around the temple, _⌊all the way around_⌋* it. ¹¹ And the doorway of the side room _⌊faced_⌋* the open area; one doorway _⌊faced_⌋* _⌊the north_⌋,* and one doorway was to the south, and the width of the place of the open area was five cubits* all around.*

²⁶ And narrow windows and palm tree images _⌊were on either side_⌋,* and on the side walls of the portico, and the side rooms of the temple and their* overhang.

³ Opposite the twenty cubits _⌊of the inner courtyard_⌋,* and opposite the pavement that was to the outer courtyard was a gallery _⌊facing_⌋* a gallery in the three stories.

¹³ And he said to me, "The chambers of the north and the chambers of the south which are _⌊before_⌋* the courtyard, they _⌊are the holy chambers_⌋* in which the priests, who are near to Yahweh, will eat the _⌊most holy objects_⌋.* There they shall put the _⌊most holy objects_⌋,* and the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, for the place is holy.