having charge
Ezekiel 44:14
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house for all the service thereof and for all that shall be done therein.
Ezekiel 40:45
And he said unto me, "This chamber whose prospect is toward the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
1 Chronicles 26:1-19
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Concerning the divisions of the doorkeepers: of theKorahites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
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And the sons of Meshelemiah were Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
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Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
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Moreover the sons of Obededom were Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
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Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.
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Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born who ruled throughout the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
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The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
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All these were of the sons of Obededom; they and their sons and their brethren, able men with strength for the service were threescore and two of Obededom.
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And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
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Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief),
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Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even among the chief men, having watches, one as another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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And they cast lots for every gate, the small as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers.
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And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah [called Meshelemiah]. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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To Obededom southward, and to his sons the house of gatherings.
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To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate of Shallecheth by the ascending causeway, watch opposite watch.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward the house of gatherings, two and two.
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At Parbar westward, four at the causeway and two at Parbar.
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These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.
shall slay
2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brethren the Levites helped them till the work was ended and until the other priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
2 Chronicles 30:17
For there were many in the congregation who were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the Passover lambs for every one who was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles 35:10
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
2 Chronicles 35:11
And they killed the Passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
and they
Numbers 16:9
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel. To you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.