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Zechariah 3:7

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“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.

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The Hebrew and Greek words behind this passage, with Strong's numbers — from openscriptures (CC BY-SA).

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Matthew 19:28rank 8

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Genesis 26:5rank 7

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

I Kings 2:3rank 3

And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

Leviticus 8:35rank 3

You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

Luke 22:30rank 2

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:11rank 2

It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

Zechariah 4:14rank 2

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”

Zechariah 6:5rank 2

And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

John 14:2rank 2

In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

I Chronicles 23:32rank 2

So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

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