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23:20 The sons <01121> of Uzziel <05816>: Micah <04318> the oldest <07218>, and Isshiah <03449> the second <08145>. 23:21 The sons <01121> of Merari <04847>: Mahli <04249> and Mushi <04187>. The sons <01121> of Mahli <04249>: Eleazar <0499> and Kish <07027>. 23:22 Eleazar <0499> died <04191> without <03808> having <01961> sons <01121>; he had only <0518> daughters <01323>. The sons <01121> of Kish <07027>, their cousins <0251>, married <05375> them. 23:23 The sons <01121> of Mushi <04187>: Mahli <04249>, Eder <05740>, and Jeremoth <03406>– three <07969> in all. 23:24 These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Levi <03878> according to their families <01> <01004>, that is, the leaders <07218> of families <01> as counted <06485> and individually <01538> listed who carried out <06213> assigned <04399> tasks <05656> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and were twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and up <04605>. 23:25 For <03588> David <01732> said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> has given <05117> his people <05971> rest <05117> and has permanently <05769> <05704> settled <07931> in Jerusalem <03389>. 23:26 So <01571> the Levites <03881> no longer <0369> need to carry <05375> the tabernacle <04908> or any <03605> of the items <03627> used in its service <05656>.” 23:27 According to <03588> David’s <01732> final <0314> instructions <01697>, the Levites <03881> twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> <01121> and up <04605> were counted <04557>. 23:28 Their job <04612> was to help <03027> Aaron’s <0175> descendants <01121> in the service <05656> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. They were to take care <05921> of the courtyards <02691>, the rooms <03957>, ceremonial purification <02893> of all <03605> holy items <06944>, and other jobs <04639> related to the service <05656> of God’s <0430> temple <01004>. 23:29 They also took care of the bread <03899> that is displayed <04635>, the flour <05560> for offerings <04503>, the unleavened <04682> wafers <07550>, the round cakes <04227>, the mixing <07246>, and all <03605> the measuring <04060> <04884>. 23:30 They also stood <05975> in a designated place every morning <01242> <01242> and offered thanks <03034> and praise <01984> to the Lord <03068>. They also did this <03651> in the evening <06153> 23:31 and whenever <03605> burnt sacrifices <05930> were offered <05927> to the Lord <03068> on the Sabbath <07676> and at new moon <02320> festivals <04150> and assemblies <04150>. A designated number <04557> were to serve before <06440> the Lord <03068> regularly <08548> in accordance with regulations <04941>. 23:32 They were in charge <04931> <08104> of the meeting <04150> tent <0168> and the holy <06944> place, and helped <04931> their relatives <0251>, the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, in the service <05656> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.

• 1Ch 23:1-32 -- David Organizes the Levites

• David

  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Levites

  [smith] (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the tribe who were not priests, ...
  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Music

  [ebd] Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of ...
  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• PRIESTS AND LEVITES

  [isbe] PRIESTS AND LEVITES - (kohen, "priest"; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, "Levite," on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE HISTORY 1. The Old View 2. The Graf-Wellhausen View 3. Mediating...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• Worship

  [nave] WORSHIP, to be rendered to God only, Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7; 6:13; Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8; Acts 10:26; 14:15; Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8. See: Homage. Of Jesus, See: Jesus, Worship of. Acceptable to God, Gen. 4:4; 8:21. Of th...
  

• Eleazar

  [ebd] God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary ...
  [isbe] ELEAZAR - el-e-a'-zar, e-le-a'-zar ('el-`azar; Eleazar, "God is helper"): (1) The 3rd son of Aaron by Elisheba (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2). He married one of the daughters of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas (Ex 6:25). With his father an...
  [smith] (help of God). Third son of Aaron. After the death of Nadab and Abihu without children, (Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:4) Eleazar was appointed chief over the principal Levites. (Numbers 3:32) With his brother Ithamar he ministe...
  [nave] ELEAZAR 1. Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1. Married a daughter of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas, Ex. 6:25. After the death of Nadab and Abihu is made chief of the tribe of Levi, Num. 3:32. Duties of, Num. 4:16. Succeeds Aar...
  

• TEMPLE, B

  [isbe] TEMPLE, B - B. IN CRITICISM I. ALLEGED LACK OF HARMONY BETWEEN EARLIER (KINGS) AND LATER (CODE OF HAMMURABI) VERSIONS OF TEMPLE BUILDING 1. Second Version Not a Facsimile of First 2. The Two Versions Differ as to the Builder...
  

• Kish

  [ebd] a bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21; 24:29). (2.) A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12). (4.) The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5)...
  [isbe] KISH - kish (qish; Kis, Keis, "bow," "power"): The name of five persons mentioned in the Bible: (1) The son of Abiel and the father of Saul, the first king of Israel. He was of the tribe of Benjamin, of the family of the Mat...
  [smith] (a bow). The father of Saul; a Benjamite of the family of Matri. (B.C. 1095.) Son of Jehiel and uncle to the preceding. (1 Chronicles 9:36) A Benjamite, great-grandfather of Mordecai. (Esther 2:5) A Merarite of the house ...
  [nave] KISH 1. Father of Saul, 1 Sam. 9:1-3; 10:21; 2 Sam. 21:14. Called Cis in Acts 13:21. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 23:21, 22; 24:29. 4. A Levite, 2 Chr. 29:12. 5. Great grandfather of Mordecai, ...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• Mahli

  [isbe] MAHLI - ma'-li (machli, "a sick or weak one"'): (1) A son of Merari (Ex 6:19, the King James Version Mahali; Nu 3:20), grandson of Levi and founder of the Levitical family of MAHLITES (which see). (2) A son of Mushi, Mahli's...
  [smith] (sick). Son of Merari, the son of Levi and ancestor of the family of the Mahlites. (Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19,29; 24:26) Bon of Mushi and grandson of Merari. (1 Chronicles 6:47; 23:23; 24:30)
  [nave] MAHLI 1. Son of Merari, Ex. 6:19; 1 Chr. 6:19; Ezra 8:18. 2. Son of Mushi, 1 Chr. 6:47; 23:23; 24:30.
  

• Merarites

  [ebd] the descendants of Merari (Num. 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place (Num. 3:20, 33-37; 4:29-33). In the distribution of the oxen and ...
  

• Eder

  [ebd] flock. (1.) A city in the south of Judah, on the border of Idumea (Josh. 15:21). (2.) The second of the three sons of Mushi, of the family of Merari, appointed to the Levitical office (1 Chr. 23:23; 24:30).
  [smith] (a flock). One of the towns of Judah, in the extreme south, and on the borders of Edom. (Joshua 15:21) No trace of it has been discovered in modern times. A Levite of the family of Merari, in the time of David. (1 Chronic...
  [nave] EDER, called also Edar. 1. A place near Ephrath, Gen. 35:21. 2. A city of Judah, Josh. 15:21. 3. A grandson of Merari, 1 Chr. 23:23; 24:30.
  

• Jesiah

  [isbe] JESIAH - je-si'-a (1 Ch 23:20 the King James Version). See ISSHIAH.
  [smith] (whom Jehovah lends). A Korhite, one of the mighty men who joined David?s standard at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:6) (B.C. 1055.) The second son of Uzziel, the son of Kohath. (1 Chronicles 23:20)
  [nave] JESIAH 1. A defecting Israelite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:6. 2. A Kohathite Levite, 1 Chr. 23:20.
  

• Micah

  [ebd] a shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of the tribe of Dan in Nort...
  [smith] (who is like God?), the same name as Micaiah. [MICAIAH] An Israelite whose familiar story is preserved in the 17th and 18th chapters of Judges. Micah is evidently a devout believers in Jehovah, and yet so completely ignorant...
  [nave] MICAH 1. An Ephraimite. His robbery and idolatry, Judg. 17:18. 2. Head of a family of Reuben, 1 Chr. 5:5. 3. Called also Micha. Son of Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 9:12; 1 Chr. 8:34, 35; 9:40, 41. 4. Called also Michah. A Kohathi...
  

• MAHLITES

  [isbe] MAHLITES - ma'-lits (machli): Descendants of Mahli, son of Merari (Nu 3:33; 26:58). These Mahlites appear to have followed the example of the daughters of Zelophehad, mutatis mutandis. (See MAHLAH; had the name become the de...
  

• MUSHI

  [smith] (yielding), the son of Merari the son of Kohath. (Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19,47; 23:21,23; 24:26,30)
  

• [1Ch 23:30] In The Morning I Will Raise

  In the morning I will raise To my God the voice of praise; With His kind protection blest, Sweet and deep has been my rest. In the morning I will pray For His blessing on the day; What this day shall be my lot, Light or darkness, I know not. Should it be with clouds o’ercast, Clouds of sorrow gathering fast, Thou, who givest light divine, Shine with me, Lord, O shine. Show me, if I tempted be, How to find all strength in Thee, And a perfect triumph win Over every bosom sin. Keep my feet from secret snares, Keep my eyes, O God, from tears, Every step Thy grace attend, And my soul from death defend. Then when fall the shades of night, All within shall still be light; Thou wilt peace around diffuse, Gently as the evening dews.

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• [1Ch 23:30] Let Songs Of Praise Arise

  Let songs of praise arise To God at early morn, When golden beams from eastern skies The mountain peaks adorn. When plumaged songsters raise Their varied notes of joy, When blossoms breathe their fragrant praise, Let praise our tongues employ. At noontide, too, O Lord, Thy praise shall be our theme, When floods of burning light are poured O’er mountain, vale and stream. At evening’s starlit hour, Still be His praise expressed, When countless stars of light, His pow’r and watchful love attest.

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• What Precedent Does the Scripture Furnish for Solos, Duets and Choir Singing in Church?
  In I Cor. 14:26, Paul, referring to the forms of worship of the Corinthian church, wrote: "When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, etc" This verse, especially when read in connection with verse 15, "I will sing ...

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