Temple & Tabernacle Verses

So they and their children {had} the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, {namely}, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in {their} set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. {set...: or, trust} {chambers: or, storehouses}

And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge {was} upon them, and the opening thereof every morning {pertained} to them.

{Some} of them also {were} appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. {instruments: or, vessels}

And {some} of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

And Mattithiah, {one} of the Levites, who {was} the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. {set...: or, trust} {in...: or, on flat plates, or, slices}

And {other} of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, {were} over the shewbread, to prepare {it} every sabbath. {shewbread: Heb. bread of ordering}

And these {are} the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, {who remaining} in the chambers {were} free: for they were employed in {that} work day and night. {they...: Heb. upon them}

These chief fathers of the Levites {were} chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of {great} stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand {was} a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. {great...: Heb. measure}

And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If {it seem} good unto you, and {that it be} of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, {that are} left in all the land of Israel, and with them {also} to the priests and Levites {which are} in their cities {and} suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: {send...: Heb. break forth and send} {in their...: Heb. in the cities of their suburbs}