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1 Chronicles 23:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘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,

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Jehoshaphat also appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites and priests and some of the Israelite family heads for deciding the Lord’s will and for settling disputes of the residents of  Jerusalem.


‘Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgement.


Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock  of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers,  to shepherd the church of God,  which he purchased with his own blood.


For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.


The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.


Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.


Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.


‘In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to my ordinances.  They are to observe my laws and statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and keep my Sabbaths holy.


Then Jehoiada put the oversight of the Lord’s temple into the hands of the Levitical priests,  whom David had appointed  over the Lord’s temple, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord as it is written in the law of Moses,  with rejoicing and song ordained by  David.


They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.





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