Worship Before the Ark
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So he left w Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark regularly, as every day's work x required;
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and y ObedE'dom with his sixty-eight brethren, including ObedE'dom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers;
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and Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests, z before the tabernacle of the LORD a at the high place that was at Gibeon,
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to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly b morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Law of the LORD which He commanded Israel;
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and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, c because His mercy endures forever;
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and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the musical instruments of God. Now the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
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d Then all the people departed, every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:4
And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD God of Israel:
1 Chronicles 16:5
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and ObedE'dom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 8:14
And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
Ezra 3:4
They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 13:14
The ark of God remained with the family of ObedE'dom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of ObedE'dom and all that he had.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 21:29
For the tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon.
2 Chronicles 1:3
Then Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the tabernacle of meeting with God was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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Cross References
1 Kings 3:4
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:38 - 42
Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.
Numbers 28:3
And you shall say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering.
Numbers 28:4
The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 25:1 - 6
Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:
2 Chronicles 5:13
Indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying: " For He is good, For His mercy endures forever," that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud.
2 Chronicles 7:3
When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying: "For He is good, For His mercy endures forever.
Ezra 3:11
And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD: "For He is good, For His mercy endures forever toward Israel." Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Jeremiah 33:11
The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: "Praise the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His mercy endures forever" - and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,' says the LORD.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 6:18 - 20
And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
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