Reference: Nethinim
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Given, or consecrated, a term first applied to the Levites, Nu 8:19; but after the settlement in Canaan, to servants dedicated to the service of the tabernacle and temple, to perform the most laborious offices, as carrying of wood and water. At first the Gibeonites were destined to this station, Jg 9:27; afterwards, other Canaanites who surrendered themselves, and whose lives were spared. Many of them appear to have been first assigned to David, Solomon, and other princes, and by them transferred to the temple service, 1Ki 9:20-21; Ezr 2:58,70; 8:20; Ne 11:3. It is probable that they became proselytes, Ne 10:28, and that many of them could cordially unite with David in saying, "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness," Ps 84:10. The Nethinim were carried into captivity with the tribe of Judah, and great numbers were placed not far from the Caspian sea, whence Ezra brought two hundred and twenty of them into Judea, Ezr 8:17.
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and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary."
And they went out into the fields and gathered in their grapes and trod them and made merry: and went into the house of their God, and did eat and drink and cursed Abimelech.
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, the children of the said nations that were left in the land, because the children of Israel were not able to destroy them, did Solomon make tributaries unto this day.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
So the priests and the Levites, and certain of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
And to those gave I commandment unto Iddo, the chiefest at Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and his brethren the Nethinims at Casiphia: that they should cause the ministers of the house of our God to come unto us.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
And the other people, the priests, Levites, Porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people in the lands unto the law of God, with their wives, sons and daughters, as many as could understand it,
These are the heads of the land that dwelt at Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah; And every one dwelt in his possession, and in their cities of Israel, the priests, Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
For one day in thy court is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly.
Easton
the name given to the hereditary temple servants in all the post-Exilian books of Scripture. The word means given, i.e., "those set apart", viz., to the menial work of the sanctuary for the Levites. The name occurs seventeen times, and in each case in the Authorized Version incorrectly terminates in "s", "Nethinims;" in the Revised Version, correctly without the "s" (Ezr 2:70; 7:7,24; 8:20, etc.). The tradition is that the Gibeonites (Jos 9:27) were the original caste, afterwards called Nethinim. Their numbers were added to afterwards from captives taken in battle; and they were formally given by David to the Levites (Ezr 8:20), and so were called Nethinim, i.e., the given ones, given to the Levites to be their servants. Only 612 Nethinim returned from Babylon (Ezr 2:58; 8:20). They were under the control of a chief from among themselves (Ezr 2:43; Ne 7:46). No reference to them appears in the New Testament, because it is probable that they became merged in the general body of the Jewish people.
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And Joshua made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the congregation and unto the altar of God unto this day, in the place which God should choose.
The Nethinims: The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth;
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
So the priests and the Levites, and certain of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
And there went up certain of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and of the Levites, of the singers, of the porters, and of the Nethinims; unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes.
And known be it unto you, that ye shall have no authority to require taxing and custom, yearly rents upon any of the priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and ministers in the house of this God.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
Fausets
("given".) Ne 11:21; Ezr 2:43; 7:24; 8:17,20; 1Ch 9:2. Servants of the temple (Josephus uses of them the name given to the slaves attached to the Greek temples, hiero douloi, Ant. 11:5, section 1). So the Levites were "given" (nethunim) unto Jehovah instead of the firstborn, and by Jehovah "given" to Aaron (see Nu 3:9; 8:16-19). (See LEVITES.) Nethinim occurs only in the later books: Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. To the Levites 320 of the Midianite captives were given, and 32 to the priests ( Nu 31:40,42,47). To these slaves doubtless the Levites and priests assigned the more laborious work of the tabernacle service. The Gibeonites similarly, having obtained by craft a covenant from Joshua (Jos 9:9,27), "because of the name" and "fame of Jehovah, Israel's God," were made "hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and altar."
The Nethinim were their successors; a larger number of servants of the sanctuary being needed when David was reorganizing the worship, he and the princes "appointed" (Hebrew, "gave") Nethinim for the service of the Levites (Ezr 8:20), probably from the prisoners taken in war, upon their embracing the worship of Jehovah. The foreign or Canaanite names confirm this view: "Mehunim, Nephusim, and the children of Sisera" (Ezr 2:43-54). So "Solomon's servants" (Ezr 2:55; Ne 7:60), those "left of the Amorites, Hittites ... upon whom he levied a tribute of bond service" (1Ki 9:20). The rabbis represent them as having no right of intermarriage with Israelites (Gemara Babyl., Jebam. ii. 4, Kiddusch. iv. 1, Carpsov. App. Crit. de Neth.); below the children of "mixed marriages" (mamzerim), but above proselytes fresh from paganism and emancipated slaves.
But when the Levites were slow in coming forward at the return from Babylon, 341 only under Zerubbabel as contrasted with 4,289 priests (Ezr 2:36-58) and none under Ezra until especially called (Ezr 8:15,17,20), the Nethinim became more conspicuous, 392 under Zerubbabel, 220 under Ezra, "all expressed by name," registered after the Levites (1Ch 9:2) and admitted to join the covenant (Ne 10:28, compare De 29:11). (See LEVITES.) Exempted from taxation by Artaxerxes (Ezr 7:24). Ophel and the Levite cities were their dwelling place, and they had their own rulers (Ezr 2:70; Ne 11:21). Josephus (B.J. ii. 17, section 6) mentions "a feast of carrying wood", xylophoria, in which all the people brought wood for the sacrifices of the year, probably relieving the Nethinim; its beginning may be traced in Ne 10:34.
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And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto him of the children of Israel.
for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel. "For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself: read more. and I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary."
And the women were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's part was thirty two souls.
And the other half of the children of Israel which Moses separated from the men of war
And Moses took of this half that pertained unto the children of Israel: one of every fifty, both of the women and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites which waited upon the habitation of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
your children, your wives and the strangers that are in thine host, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;
And they answered him, "From a very far country thy servants are come, in the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
And Joshua made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the congregation and unto the altar of God unto this day, in the place which God should choose.
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.
The priests: The children of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and three and seventy; The children of Immer, a thousand, and two and fifty; read more. The children of Pashhur, a thousand, and two hundred and seven and forty; The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. The Levites: The children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, four and seventy. The singers: The children of Asaph, a hundred and eight and twenty. The children of the doorkeepers: The children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, and the children of Shobai, all together a hundred and nine and thirty. The Nethinims: The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth;
The Nethinims: The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth;
The Nethinims: The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth; The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon;
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon; The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub;
The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub; The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan;
The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan; The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah;
The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah; The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam;
The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam; The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai;
The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai; The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim;
The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim; The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur;
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur; The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha;
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha; The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah;
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah; The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The children of Solomon's servants: The children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda;
The children of Solomon's servants: The children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda; The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel; read more. The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pocherethhazzebaim, the children of Ami. All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
So the priests and the Levites, and certain of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
And known be it unto you, that ye shall have no authority to require taxing and custom, yearly rents upon any of the priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and ministers in the house of this God.
And known be it unto you, that ye shall have no authority to require taxing and custom, yearly rents upon any of the priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and ministers in the house of this God.
And I gathered them together by the water that runneth toward Ahava, and there abode we three days. And when I looked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there.
And to those gave I commandment unto Iddo, the chiefest at Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and his brethren the Nethinims at Casiphia: that they should cause the ministers of the house of our God to come unto us.
And to those gave I commandment unto Iddo, the chiefest at Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo and his brethren the Nethinims at Casiphia: that they should cause the ministers of the house of our God to come unto us.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
And the other people, the priests, Levites, Porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people in the lands unto the law of God, with their wives, sons and daughters, as many as could understand it,
And we cast the lot among the priests, Levites and the people, for offering of the wood to be brought unto the house of our God from year to year, after the houses of our fathers that it might be burnt at times appointed, upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa belonged to the Nethinims.
And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa belonged to the Nethinims.
Hastings
The word is a late form of a passive participle n?th
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and all the store cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen and all that his lust was to build in Jerusalem and Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom. And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, read more. the children of the said nations that were left in the land, because the children of Israel were not able to destroy them, did Solomon make tributaries unto this day.
And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zachariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Uri, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah; Obededom and Jeiel, porters.
"To wait at the hands of the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, and to have the oversight of the courts and of the store houses, and of the purifying of all holy things, and of the work of the things that served for the house of God,
The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph. And the sons of Meshelemiah were these: Zachariah the eldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, read more. Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elihoenai the seventh. And Obededom had sons: Shemaiah the eldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullathai the eighth - for God had blessed him. And unto Shemaiah his son were sons born that ruled in the house of their father, for they were men of might. The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Raphael, Obed, and Elzabad and his brethren, men of activity, Elihu and Semachiah. All these were of the children of Obededom, which, with their brethren and their children, active men of strength to do service, were forty two of Obededom. And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, active men, eighteen. And Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, yet he was not the eldest, but his father made him the chiefest. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third and Zachariah the fourth: so that all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. Unto these was divided the office of the portership as unto heads over the men that waited with their brethren and ministered in the house of the LORD. And they cast lots: the small as well as the great in the households of their fathers, from gate to gate. And the East lot fell to Shelemiah. And for Zachariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots, and his lot came out toward the North. And Obededom's lot fell to the South. And to his sons fell the counsel houses. And to Shuppim and Hosah fell the west with the gate Shallecheth, where the way ascendeth upward, the one way being fast by the other. In the East kept six Levites: in the North four a day, and in the South four a day, and in every counsel house, two, and in the watchhouses, on the way westward, four: two in a house. These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore and the sons of Merari.
The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam; The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai; read more. The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim; The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur; The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha; The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah; The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The children of Solomon's servants: The children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda;
The children of Solomon's servants: The children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda; The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel; read more. The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pocherethhazzebaim, the children of Ami. All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
So the priests and the Levites, and certain of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
So the priests and the Levites, and certain of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
And known be it unto you, that ye shall have no authority to require taxing and custom, yearly rents upon any of the priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and ministers in the house of this God.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
But from the Horsegate forth builded the priests, every one over against his house.
After him builded Malchijah the goldsmith's son, until the house of the Nethinims, and of the merchants over against the council gate, and to the parlor in the corner.
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, The children of Ceros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, read more. The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Shalmai,
The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, read more. the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim, The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
And the priests and Levites, the Porters, the singers, and the other of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities."
And the priests and Levites, the Porters, the singers, and the other of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities."
And the other people, the priests, Levites, Porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people in the lands unto the law of God, with their wives, sons and daughters, as many as could understand it, and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God: read more. and that we would not give our daughters unto the people in the land, neither to take their daughters for our sons.
These are the heads of the land that dwelt at Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah; And every one dwelt in his possession, and in their cities of Israel, the priests, Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa belonged to the Nethinims.
And tell that obstinate household of Israel, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: O house of Israel: yea have now done enough with all your abominations,
Morish
Neth'inim
Name, signifying 'given, devoted ones,' applied to those who assisted the Levites in the service of the tabernacle and the temple. The name does not occur until 1Ch 9:2, and afterwards in Ezra and Nehemiah. The Gibeonites were made "hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar." Jos 9:27. These are not mentioned after 2 Samuel, so that they and their descendants may have been the 'Nethinim.' It does not appear that God appointed them, as He did the Levites, but 'David and the princes' appointed them 'for the service of the Levites.' Ezr 8:20. Some of the Midianite captives were also given to the Levites. Nu 31:46-47. After the return from exile the Nethinim are called the 'ministers of this house of God.' They were, along with the priests and Levites, exempt from 'toll, tribute, or custom.' Ezr 7:24. A list of them is given in Ezr 2:43-54; Ne 7:46-56,60; 10:28; etc.
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and sixteen thousand women. And Moses took of this half that pertained unto the children of Israel: one of every fifty, both of the women and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites which waited upon the habitation of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Joshua made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the congregation and unto the altar of God unto this day, in the place which God should choose.
And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.
The Nethinims: The children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth; The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon; read more. The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub; The children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan; The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah; The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam; The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai; The children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim; The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur; The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha; The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah; The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
And known be it unto you, that ye shall have no authority to require taxing and custom, yearly rents upon any of the priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, and ministers in the house of this God.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, The children of Ceros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, read more. The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim, The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were all together three hundred and two and ninety.
And the other people, the priests, Levites, Porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people in the lands unto the law of God, with their wives, sons and daughters, as many as could understand it,
Smith
Neth'inim
(given, dedicated), As applied specifically to a distinct body of men connected with the services of the temple, this name first meets us in the later books of the Old Testament-- in 1 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, The word and the ideas embodied in it may, however, be traced to a much earlier period. As derived from the verb nathan, i.e. give, set apart, dedicate, it was applied to those who were pointed to the liturgical offices of the tabernacle. We must not forget that the Levites were given to Aaron and his sons, i.e. to the priests as an order, and were accordingly the first Nethinim.
At first they were the only attendants, and their work must have been laborious enough. The first conquests, however, brought them their share of the captive slaves of the Midianites and 320 were given to them as having charge of the tabernacle,
while 32 only were assigned specially to the priests. This disposition to devolve the more laborious offices of their ritual upon slaves of another race showed itself again in the treatment of the Gibeonites. No addition to the number thus employed pears to have been mad ring the period of the judges, and they continued to be known by their own name as the Gibeonites. Either the massacre at Nob had involved the Gibeonites as well as the priests,
or else they had fallen victims to some other outburst of Saul's fury; and though there were survivors,
the number was likely to be quite inadequate for the greater stateliness of the new worship at Jerusalem. It is to this period accordingly that the origin of the class bearing this name may be traced. The Nethinim were those "whom David and the princes appointed (Heb. gave) for the service of the Levites."
At this time the Nethinim probably lived within the precincts of the temple, doing its rougher work and so enabling the Levites to take a higher position as the religious representatives and instructors of the people. The example set by David was followed by his successor.
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And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto him of the children of Israel.
and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary."
And Moses took of this half that pertained unto the children of Israel: one of every fifty, both of the women and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites which waited upon the habitation of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword: both man and woman, child and suckling, with ox, ass and sheep.
And the king called the Gibeonites and spake unto them. Now these Gibeonites are not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites - and the children of Israel sware unto them. And yet Saul sought to slay them, for a zeal that he had to the children of Israel and of Judah.
And of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes gave to minister unto the Levites, two hundred and twenty, all named by name.