1 Chronicles 23:28

Easy To Read Version

The Levites {\cf2\super [253]} had the job of helping Aaron’s descendants {\cf2\super [254]} in the service of the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [255]} The Levites also cared for the temple yard and the side rooms in the temple. They had the job of making all holy things pure. It was their job to serve in God’s temple.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:5

Then Solomon built a row of rooms around the main part of the temple. These rooms were built on top of each other. {This row of rooms was three stories tall.}

1 Chronicles 18:17

Benaiah was responsible for leading the Kerethite and Pelethite people. {\cf2\super [204]} Benaiah was Jehoiada’s son. And David’s sons were important officials. They served at King David’s side.

1 Chronicles 23:27

David’s last instructions for the people of Israel was to count the descendants {\cf2\super [252]} from the family group of Levi. They counted the Levite men that were 20 years old and older.

1 Chronicles 23:29

They were responsible for putting the special bread on the table in the temple. They also were responsible for the flour, the grain offerings, and the bread made without yeast. They were also responsible for the baking pans and the mixed offerings. They did all the measuring.

1 Chronicles 23:4

David said, “24,000 Levites will supervise the work of building the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [245]} 6,000 Levites will be policemen and judges.

1 Chronicles 28:13

David told Solomon about the groups of the priests and Levites. David told Solomon about all the work of serving in the Lord’s temple and about all the things to be used in the temple service.

2 Chronicles 23:4

Now, this is what you must do: One-third of you priests and Levites who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the doors.

2 Chronicles 23:6

Don’t let any person come into the Lord’s temple. Only the priest and Levites who serve are permitted to come into the Lord’s temple because they are holy. But all the other men must do the job the Lord has given them.

2 Chronicles 29:15

Then these Levites gathered their brothers together and made themselves ready for holy service in the temple. {\cf2\super [342]} They obeyed the king’s command that came from the Lord. They went into the Lord’s temple to clean it.

2 Chronicles 31:11

Then Hezekiah commanded the priests to make storerooms ready in the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [386]} So this was done.

2 Chronicles 31:2

The priests and Levites had been divided into groups and each group had its own special job to do. So King Hezekiah told these groups to begin doing their jobs again. So the priests and Levites again had the job of offering the burnt offerings {\cf2\super [381]} and the fellowship offerings. And they had the job of serving in the temple and singing and praising God by the doors to the Lord’s house. {\cf2\super [382]}

Ezra 8:29

So guard these things carefully. You are responsible for them until you give them to the temple leaders in Jerusalem. You will give them to the leading Levites and the family leaders of Israel. They will weigh those things and put them in the rooms of the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 11:24

The man that told the people what the king wanted done was named Pethahiah. (Pethahiah was the son of Meshezabel, who was one of the descendants of Zerah. Zerah was Judah’s son.)

Nehemiah 13:9

I gave commands for those rooms to be made pure and clean. Then I put the temple dishes and things, the grain offerings, and the incense back into those rooms.

Jeremiah 35:4

Then I brought the Recabite family into the temple of the Lord. We went into the room called the room of the sons of Hanan. Hanan was the son of a man named Igdaliah. Hanan was a man of God. {\cf2\super [293]} The room was next to the room where the princes of Judah stay. It was over the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum. Maaseiah was the doorkeeper in the temple.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then the man led me into the outer courtyard. I saw thirty rooms and a pavement that went all the way around the courtyard. The rooms were along the wall and faced in toward the pavement.

Ezekiel 41:26

There were windows with frames around them and palm trees on the walls on both sides of the porch, on the roof over the porch, and on the rooms around the temple.

Ezekiel 42:13

The man said to me, “The north rooms and south rooms across from the restricted area are holy. These rooms are for the priests that offer the sacrifices to the Lord. That is where the priests will eat the most holy offerings. And that is where they will put the most holy offerings. Why? Because this place is holy. The most holy offerings are: the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings.

Ezekiel 42:3

The building was three stories tall and had balconies. The 20-cubit {\cf2\super [388]} inner courtyard was between the building and the Temple. On the other side, the rooms faced the pavement of the outer courtyard.

Ezekiel 44:14

But I will let them take care of the temple. They will work in the temple and do the things that must be done in it.