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II Chronicles 35:5

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Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 5

We are here to attend Josiah, I. To the temple, where we see his religious care for the due observance of the ordinance of the passover, according to the law (v. 1-19). II. To the field of battle, where we see his rashness in engaging with the king of Egypt, and how dearly it cost him (Ch2 35:20-23). III. To the grave, where we see him bitterly lamented (Ch2 35:24-27). And so we must take our leave of Josiah.

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Strong's Concordancev. 5

עָמַד (ʻâmad, H5975) — to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, H6944) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity פְּלֻגָּה (pᵉluggâh, H6391) — a section בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) אָב (ʼâb, H1) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application אָח (ʼâch, H251) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or… בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… עַם (ʻam, H5971) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence… חֲלֻקָּה (chăluqqâh, H2515) — a distribution לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, H3881) — a Levite or descendant of Levi

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Psalms 134:1rank 3

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

Psalms 135:2rank 2

who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

Ezra 6:18rank 2

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.

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