KJV King James Version
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
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Ezra 6:18
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
WEB World English Bible
They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
ASV American Standard Version
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
Surrounding context — Ezra 6
15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them [were] pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
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וַהֲקִ֨ימוּH6966 · qumto stand: riseכָהֲנַיָּ֜אH3549 · ka.henpriestבִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹןH6392 · pe.lug.gahdivisionוְלֵוָיֵא֙H3879 · le.viLeviteבְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹןH4255 · mach.le.qahclassעַל־H5922 · alsinceעֲבִידַ֥תH5673 · a.vi.dahserviceאֱלָהָ֖אH426 · e.lahgodדִּ֣יH1768 · dithatבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םH3390 · ye.ru.sha.lemJerusalemכִּכְתָ֖בH3792 · ke.tavinscriptionסְפַ֥רH5609 · se.pharscrollמֹשֶֽׁה׃ פH4873 · mo.shehMoses
Cross-references
Numbers 3:6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.2 Chronicles 35:4-5And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.1 Chronicles 24:1Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.1 Chronicles 23:1-26So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.Numbers 8:9-26And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
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