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- Ezra 3:12
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But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
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- Ezra 6:20
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All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
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- Ezra 7:7
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So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
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- Ezra 8:15
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Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
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- Ezra 8:18
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And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
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- Ezra 8:20
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They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
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- Ezra 8:29
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Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
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- Ezra 8:30
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So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
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- Ezra 8:33
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On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
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- Ezra 9:1
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After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
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- Ezra 10:5
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So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
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- Ezra 10:15
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(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
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- Ezra 10:23
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Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
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- Nehemiah 3:17
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Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
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- Nehemiah 7:1
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When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
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- Nehemiah 7:43
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The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
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- Nehemiah 7:73
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So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
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Source alternate reference: 7.72
- Nehemiah 8:7
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The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
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- Nehemiah 8:9
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Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
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- Nehemiah 8:11
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And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
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- Nehemiah 8:13
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On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
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- Nehemiah 9:4
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And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
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- Nehemiah 9:5
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Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
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- Nehemiah 9:38
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In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
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Source alternate reference: 10.1
- Nehemiah 10:9
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The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
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Source alternate reference: 10.10
- Nehemiah 10:28
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“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
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Source alternate reference: 10.29
- Nehemiah 10:34
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We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
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Source alternate reference: 10.35
- Nehemiah 10:37
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Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
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Source alternate reference: 10.38
- Nehemiah 10:38
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A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
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Source alternate reference: 10.39
- Nehemiah 11:3
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These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
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- Nehemiah 11:15
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From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
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- Nehemiah 11:16
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Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
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- Nehemiah 11:18
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The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
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- Nehemiah 11:20
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The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
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- Nehemiah 11:22
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Now 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 in charge of the service of the house of God.
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- Nehemiah 11:36
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And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
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- Nehemiah 12:1
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Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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- Nehemiah 12:8
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The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
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- Nehemiah 12:22
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In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
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- Nehemiah 12:24
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The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
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- Nehemiah 12:27
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At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
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- Nehemiah 12:30
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After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
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- Nehemiah 12:44
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And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
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- Nehemiah 12:47
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So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
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- Nehemiah 13:5
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and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
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- Nehemiah 13:10
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I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
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- Nehemiah 13:13
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I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
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- Nehemiah 13:22
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Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
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- Nehemiah 13:29
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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
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- Nehemiah 13:30
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Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
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