"Now ifa Levitecomesfrom anyof your townsthroughoutIsraelwherehe resides,and comeswheneverhe desiresto the placewhichthe LORDchooses,
O LORD,I lovethe habitationof Your houseAnd the placewhereYour glorydwells.
OnethingI have askedfrom the LORD,that I shall seek:That I may dwellin the houseof the LORDallthe daysof my life,To beholdthe beautyof the LORDAnd to meditatein His temple.
For a dayin Your courtsis betterthana thousand[outside]. I would rather standat the thresholdof the houseof my GodThandwellin the tentsof wickedness.
How blessedis the manwhose strengthis in You, In whose heartare the highways[to Zion]!
"You shall also measureoutsidethe cityon the eastsidetwo thousandcubits,and on the southsidetwo thousandcubits,and on the westsidetwo thousandcubits,and on the northsidetwo thousandcubits,with the cityin the center.Thisshall becometheirsas pasturelandsfor the cities.
then it shall comeabout that the placein whichthe LORDyour Godwill choosefor His nameto dwell,thereyou shall bringallthat I commandyou: your burntofferingsand your sacrifices,your tithesand the contributionof your hand,and allyour choicevotiveofferingswhichyou will vowto the LORD.
but in the placewhichthe LORDchoosesin oneof your tribes,thereyou shall offeryour burntofferings,and thereyou shall doallthat I commandyou.
"But you shall seek[the LORD] at the placewhichthe LORDyour Godwill choosefrom allyour tribes,to establishHis nametherefor His dwelling,and thereyou shall come.
"You shall sacrificethe Passoverto the LORDyour Godfrom the flockand the herd,in the placewherethe LORDchoosesto establishHis name.
then he shall servein the nameof the LORDhis God,like allhis fellowLeviteswho standtherebeforethe LORD.
It is a trustworthystatement:ifany manaspiresto the office of overseer,it is a fineworkhe desires[to do].
shepherdthe flockof Godamongyou, exercising oversightnot under compulsion,but voluntarily,accordingto [the will of] God;and not for sordid gain,but with eagerness;
