Ezra 6:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Then they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the scroll from Moses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they appointed the priests into their divisions, and the Levites into their turns, over the works of God in Jerusalem, just as it was written in the book of Moses.

Ezra 6:18 Cross References

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.

1 Chronicles 24:1

The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Numbers 3:9

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.

1 Chronicles 24:24

The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the officers of the army also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

2 Chronicles 7:6

The priests stood at their posts, the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises through their playing. Opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 35:10

When the service had been prepared, the priests stood in their place and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.