1 Chronicles 23:28

The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Temple of Jehovah: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the House of God.

Nehemiah 13:9

Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean. I put the vessels of the House of God, along with the meal offerings and the perfume, back in the rooms.

Numbers 3:6-9

Bring the tribe of Levi, and have them stand in front of the priest Aaron to assist him.

1 Kings 6:5

A third-story annex, seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls. It was on the sides and the back of the Temple.

1 Chronicles 9:28-29

Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.

1 Chronicles 18:17

Jehoiada's son Benaiah was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were his main officials.

1 Chronicles 23:4

David said: Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of Jehovah's Temple and six thousand are to be officials and judges.

1 Chronicles 28:13

He determined the divisions of the priests and Levites. He planned all the work done for worship in Jehovah's Temple. He designed all the utensils for worship in Jehovah's Temple.

2 Chronicles 29:5

He said: Listen to me, Levites. Perform the ceremonies to make the temple of Jehovah the God of your ancestors holy. Remove anything that has been corrupted from the holy place.

2 Chronicles 29:18-19

Then they went to King Hezekiah. They said: We have made Jehovah's entire temple clean. This includes the altar for burnt offerings, all its utensils, the table for the rows of bread and all its utensils,

2 Chronicles 31:11

On the king's orders they prepared storerooms in the Temple area

2 Chronicles 35:3-6

He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to Jehovah: Put the Holy Ark in the Temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It should not be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve Jehovah your God and his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:11-14

They slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood with their hands while the Levites skinned the lambs.

Ezra 8:29

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 11:24

Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.

Nehemiah 13:4-5

Before this, Eliashib the priest had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God. He was a friend of Tobiah.

Jeremiah 35:4

I took them into the House of Jehovah, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God. This was near the rulers' room, over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door.

Ezekiel 41:6-11

The rooms were arranged on three different stories. There were thirty rooms on each story. These rooms had supports all the way around the Temple wall, but these supports were not fastened to the Temple wall.

Ezekiel 41:26

There were small windows and palm trees on both sides of the entrance hall, on the side rooms of the Temple, and on the roofs.

Ezekiel 42:3

Opposite the inner courtyard was an area that was thirty-five feet wide, and opposite the pavement of the outer courtyard were corridors facing corridors on all three stories.

Ezekiel 42:13

The man said: The northern and southern side rooms that face the open area are holy rooms. These rooms are where the priests who come near Jehovah eat the holiest offerings. Because these rooms are holy, the priests keep the holiest offerings there: the grain offerings, the offerings for sin, and the guilt offerings.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

Office was to wait, etc

General references

Bible References

Office was to wait, etc

1 Chronicles 18:17
Jehoiada's son Benaiah was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were his main officials.

For the service

1 Chronicles 23:4
David said: Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of Jehovah's Temple and six thousand are to be officials and judges.
1 Chronicles 28:13
He determined the divisions of the priests and Levites. He planned all the work done for worship in Jehovah's Temple. He designed all the utensils for worship in Jehovah's Temple.
Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi, and have them stand in front of the priest Aaron to assist him.
1 Kings 6:5
A third-story annex, seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls. It was on the sides and the back of the Temple.
2 Chronicles 31:11
On the king's orders they prepared storerooms in the Temple area
Ezra 8:29
Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of Jehovah.
Nehemiah 13:4
Before this, Eliashib the priest had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God. He was a friend of Tobiah.
Jeremiah 35:4
I took them into the House of Jehovah, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God. This was near the rulers' room, over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door.
Ezekiel 41:6
The rooms were arranged on three different stories. There were thirty rooms on each story. These rooms had supports all the way around the Temple wall, but these supports were not fastened to the Temple wall.
Ezekiel 42:3
Opposite the inner courtyard was an area that was thirty-five feet wide, and opposite the pavement of the outer courtyard were corridors facing corridors on all three stories.

Purifying

1 Chronicles 9:28
Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.
2 Chronicles 29:5
He said: Listen to me, Levites. Perform the ceremonies to make the temple of Jehovah the God of your ancestors holy. Remove anything that has been corrupted from the holy place.
2 Chronicles 35:3
He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to Jehovah: Put the Holy Ark in the Temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It should not be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve Jehovah your God and his people Israel.

General references

Ezekiel 40:7
There were also guardrooms. Each guardroom was ten and one half feet long and ten and one half feet wide. The space between the guardrooms was nine feet thick. And the entrance to the gateway by the entrance hall of the temple was ten and one half feet wide.
Ezekiel 44:14
Even so I will appoint them to keep charge of the house, of all its service and of all that will be done in it.'