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1 Chronicles 23:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘but their duty will be to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple #– #

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I ordered that the rooms be purified,  and I had the articles of the house of God restored there, along with the grain offering and frankincense.


Hezekiah told them to prepare chambers  in the Lord’s temple, and they prepared them.


Then the man said to me, ‘The northern and southern chambers that face the courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat  the most holy offerings.  There they will deposit the most holy offerings #– #the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings #– #for the place is holy.


Opposite the 10.6 metre space  belonging to the inner court and opposite the paved surface  belonging to the outer court, the structure rose gallery by gallery  in three tiers.


There were bevelled windows and palm trees on both sides,  on the side walls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies.


and I brought them into the temple of the Lord to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God,  who had a chamber near the officials’ chamber, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.


Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah  son of Judah, was the king’s  agent  in every matter concerning the people.


Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the Lord’s house before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families in Jerusalem.’


He said to them, ‘Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves  now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place.


Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord’s house; all the articles of service of the Lord’s house;


‘Of these,’ David said, ‘twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,  six thousand are to be officers and judges,


Benaiah son of Jehoiada  was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were the chief officials at the king’s side.


He then built a chambered structure  along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.  And he made side chambers  all round.


for according to the last words of David, the Levites twenty years old or more were to be counted #– #


as well as the rows of the Bread of the Presence,  the fine flour for the grain offering,  the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking,  , the mixing,  and all measurements of volume and length.


No one is to enter the Lord’s temple but the priests and those Levites who serve;  they may enter because they are holy, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the Lord.


They gathered their brothers together, consecrated themselves,  and went according to the king’s command by the words of the Lord   to cleanse the Lord’s temple.


Hezekiah re-established the divisions  of the priests and Levites for the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord,  each division corresponding to his service among the priests and Levites.


Then he brought me into the outer court,  and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all round the court.  Thirty chambers faced the pavement,


Yet I will make them responsible for the duties of the temple   #– #for all its work and everything done in it.


This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath,  are to be gatekeepers.





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