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1 Samuel 31 1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
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1 Chronicles 10 7
And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; then the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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Philemon 1:8-9
Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you— being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—
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Isaiah 37:4
It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
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Exodus 18:23
If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.”
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1 Chronicles 15 2-1 Chronicles 15 14
Then David said,“ No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.”And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brethren;of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren;of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brethren;of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren;of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his brethren;of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren.And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.He said to them,“ You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.For because you did not do it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
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Numbers 35:2-9
“ Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around the cities.They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.The common-land of the cities which you will give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. The city shall be in the middle. This shall belong to them as common-land for the cities.“ Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities.So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.And the cities which you will give shall be from the possession of the children of Israel; from the larger tribe you shall give many, from the smaller you shall give few. Each shall give some of its cities to the Levites, in proportion to the inheritance that each receives.”Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2 Chronicles 31 4-2 Chronicles 31 21
Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to contribute support for the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to the Law of the Lord.As soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.And the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, brought the tithe of oxen and sheep; also the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the Lord their God they laid in heaps.In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel.Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.And Azariah the chief priest, from the house of Zadok, answered him and said,“ Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people; and what is left is this great abundance.”Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things; Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was the next.Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.And under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, his faithful assistants in the cities of the priests, to distribute allotments to their brethren by divisions, to the great as well as the small.Besides those males from three years old and up who were written in the genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of the Lord his daily portion for the work of his service, by his division,and to the priests who were written in the genealogy according to their father’s house, and to the Levites from twenty years old and up according to their work, by their divisions,and to all who were written in the genealogy— their little ones and their wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company of them— for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness.Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the common-lands of their cities, in every single city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were listed by genealogies among the Levites.Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.
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1 Kings 12 7
And they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
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1 Chronicles 6 54-1 Chronicles 6 81
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.And to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,Jokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands,Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands.And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and Ashtaroth with its common-lands.And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands,Ramoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands.And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands,Hukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands.And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands.And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands,Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands.And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands, Mahanaim with its common-lands,Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.
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Numbers 4:4-20
“ This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things:When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall insert its poles.“ On the table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it.They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.“ Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.Then they shall take all the utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam.Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there— the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar— and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles.And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.“ These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.“ The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the daily grain offering, the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:“ Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his task.But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.”
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2 Kings 9 15
But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said,“ If you are so minded, let no one leave or escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
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2 Samuel 7 2-2 Samuel 7 5
that the king said to Nathan the prophet,“ See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.”Then Nathan said to the king,“ Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”But it happened that night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,“ Go and tell My servant David,‘ Thus says the Lord:“ Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?
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Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.
