Their brethren the Levites were appointed unto all manner service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And the children of Israel gave the Levites such cities with their suburbs,

And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.

And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah of the sons of Merari.

For the Levites were committed to be principal porters of fidelity. And they had the oversight of the vestries and treasures of the house of God,

And Matiithiah, one of the Levites, the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, had the oversight of the things that were baken in the frying pan.

These are the singers - ancient heads among the Levites divided by chambers, for they had to do both day and night.

These were the ancient among the Levites in their generations. And these dwelt at Jerusalem.

and said unto all the congregation of Israel, "If it seem you good - and also to be of the LORD our God - Let us take and send unto the remnant of our brethren throughout all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites with them, in their cities and suburbs, and gather them together to us.

And then David said, "The Ark of God ought not to be carried but of the Levites. For them hath the LORD chosen to bear the Ark of the LORD and to minister to him forever."

And David brought together the children of Aaron and the Levites.

And David called to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab;

and said unto them, "Ye are the principal heads of the Levites - sanctify therefore yourselves and your brethren and bring the Ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to fetch the Ark of the LORD God of Israel.

And the children of the Levites bare the Ark of God upon their shoulders with staves thereon as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

And David spake to the chief heads of the Levites, that they should appoint of their brethren to sing with instruments of music: psalteries, harps and cymbals that sounded, and to sing on high with Joyfulness.

And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

And Chenaniah the chief of the Levites was master of the song and taught to sing, for he was a man of understanding.

And when God had helped the Levites that bare the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, they offered seven oxen and seven rams.

And David had on him an alb of bysse, and so had the Levites that bare the Ark, and so had the singers, and Chenaniah the ruler of the song and of the singers. And David had moreover upon him an Ephod of linen.

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the LORD, and to repeat, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

But the Levites and Benjamin he counted not among them. For the king's deed seemed abominable to Joab.

And then he gathered together all the lords of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years and above, and the tale of them in men, poll by poll, was thirty eight thousand.

Moreover, the Levites should now no more bear the tabernacle and all the vessels that pertain to the service thereof." -

But at the last commandment of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty years and above -

And Shimeah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites wrote them before the king and the lords, and before Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the ancient heads of the priests and of the Levites: one principal household for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

And these cast lots next to their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the ancient heads and priests of the Levites: as well the youngest brother as an ancient head.

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 of the Levites, Ahijah had the oversight of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicated things.

Among the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel. Among the Aaronites, Zadok.

and of the companies of the priests and Levites that waited by course, and of all workmanship, that should serve for the house of the LORD, and for all vessels that should serve in the house of the LORD.

Behold the priests and Levites divided in companies, for to do all manner of service that pertaineth to the house of God; and beside that, thou hast with thee for all manner of workmanship, all that are willing and wise for any manner of service. And the lords and all the people are at thy commandment in all things."