On that daymenwere also appointedoverthe chambersfor the stores,the contributions,the firstfruitsand the tithes,to gatherinto them from the fieldsof the citiesthe portionsrequired by the lawfor the priestsand Levites;for Judahrejoicedoverthe priestsand Leviteswho served.
For their officeis to assistthe sonsof Aaronwith the serviceof the houseof the LORD,in the courtsand in the chambersand in the purifyingof allholythings,even the workof the serviceof the houseof God,
The Levites,their relatives,had chargeof the treasuresof the houseof Godand of the treasuresof the dedicatedgifts.
for the fourchiefgatekeeperswho[were] Levites,were in an office of trust,and were overthe chambersand overthe treasuriesin the houseof God.
and bringto the houseof our Godthe firstbornof our sonsand of our cattle,and the firstbornof our herdsand our flocksas it is writtenin the law,for the priestswho are ministeringin the houseof our God.
"Blessedis the manwho listensto me, Watchingdailyat my gates,Waitingat my doorposts.
Yet those who waitfor the LORDWill gainnewstrength;They will mountup [with] wingslike eagles,They will runand not gettired,They will walkand not becomeweary.
"So you shall appointAaronand his sonsthat they may keeptheir priesthood,but the laymanwho comesnearshall be putto death."
ifservice,in his serving;orhe who teaches,in his teaching;
"They shall eatequalportions,except[what they receive] from the saleof their fathers'[estates].
