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2 Chronicles 19 8
In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.
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Deuteronomy 16:18
You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
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Ezra 3:8-9
In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the LORD’s temple.So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, Kadmiel and his sons( the sons of Yehudah), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives the Levites.
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Nehemiah 11:9
Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.
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1 Chronicles 23 28-1 Chronicles 23 32
Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the LORD’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.They also took care of the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring.They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the LORD. They also did this in the eveningand whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the LORD on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the LORD regularly in accordance with regulations.They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the LORD’s temple.
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Nehemiah 11:22
The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God.
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1 Chronicles 26 20-1 Chronicles 26 27
Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.The descendants of Ladan, who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieliand the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the LORD’s temple.As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites:Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses.His relatives through Eliezer included: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son, and Shelomith his son.Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the LORD’s temple.
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Deuteronomy 17:8-10
If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
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1 Chronicles 6 48
The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.
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Acts 20:28
Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
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1 Chronicles 26 29-1 Chronicles 26 31
As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel.As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the LORD’s work and the king’s service.As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David’s reign, they examined the records and discovered there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead.
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Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the LORD who rules over all.
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1 Chronicles 9 28-1 Chronicles 9 32
Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary, as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.( But some of the priests mixed the spices.)Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.