Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 031
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Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were
present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and
hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all
Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them
all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into
their own cities
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And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priest and the
Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the
priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to
minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of HaShem
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He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for
the burnt-offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt-offerings, and
the burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the
appointed seasons, as it is written in the Law of HaShem
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Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to
give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves
to the law of HaShem
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And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of
Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and
of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in
abundantly
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And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe
of hallowed things which were hallowed unto HaShem their G-d, and laid them by
heaps
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In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the
heaps, and finished them in the seventh month
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And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps,
they blessed HaShem, and His people Israel
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Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites
concerning the heaps
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And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok,
answered him and said: 'Since the people began to bring the offerings into the
house of HaShem, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty; for HaShem
hath blessed His people; and that which is left is this great store.
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Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house
of HaShem; and they prepared them
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And they brought in the offerings and the tithes and the
hallowed things faithfully; and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and
Shimei his brother was second
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And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and
Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were
overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment
of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of G-d
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And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the
east gate, was over the freewill-offerings of G-d, to distribute the offerings
of HaShem, and the most holy things
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And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office
of trust, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the
small
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beside them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from
three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of
HaShem, for his daily portion, for their service in their charges according to
their courses
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and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by
their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in
their charges by their courses
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even to give to them that were reckoned by genealogy of
all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through
all the congregation; for in their office of trust they administered the sacred
gifts
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also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in the
fields of the open land about their cities, in every city, there were men that
were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and
to all that were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites
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And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought
that which was good and right and faithful before HaShem his G-d
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And in every work that he began in the service of the
house of G-d, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his G-d, he did
it with all his heart, and prospered
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