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Lexicon :: Strong's H5656 - ʿăḇōḏâ

Aa
עֲבֹדָה
Transliteration
ʿăḇōḏâ
Pronunciation
ab-o-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1553c

Strong’s Definitions

עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. labour, service

    1. labour, work

    2. labour (of servant or slave)

    3. labour, service (of captives or subjects)

    4. service (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.
STRONGS H5656: Abbreviations
† עַבֹדָה, and (Chronicles) עֲבוֺדָה 145 noun feminine labour, service (on formation see LagBN 179 BaNB 61); — י׳ Exodus 1:14 + 41 times; construct עֲבֹדַת Exodus 30:16 + 43 times; suffix עֲבֹדָתִי Genesis 30:26 + 33 times suffixes; in Chronicles עֲבוֺדָה 1 Chronicles 28:14 + 7 times; construct עֲבוֺדַת 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48] + 13 times; suffix עֲבוֺדָתִי 2 Chronicles 12:8; עֲבוֺדָתָם 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:16; —
1. † labour, work, Psalm 104:23; in the field Exodus 1:14; 1 Chronicles 27:26, probably Nehemiah 10:38 [Nehemiah 10:37] (עָרֵי ע׳), Psalm 104:14 (עֵשֶׂב לע׳); in fine linen 1 Chronicles 4:21; in erection of tabernacle Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1, Exodus 36:3, Exodus 36:5; Exodus 39:42 (P); in repairing temple 2 Chronicles 34:13 (twice in verse); כל מלאכת עבדה לא תעשׂוּ ye shall do no laborious work Leviticus 23:7, Leviticus 23:8, Leviticus 23:21, Leviticus 23:25, Leviticus 23:35, Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 28:18, Numbers 28:25, Numbers 28:26; Numbers 29:1, Numbers 29:12, Numbers 29:35 (P); figurative of man, הַצְּדָקָה ע׳ Isaiah 32:17 (|| מַעֲשֵׂה הַצּ׳); of God's work of judgment Isaiah 28:21 (twice in verse).
†2. labour of servant or slave: of Jacob for Laban Genesis 29:27; Genesis 30:26 (JE); עֶבֶד ע׳ of bondservant Leviticus 25:39 (P); of the Nethinim Ezra 8:20; service of things, vessels of tabernacle and temple Numbers 4:26, Numbers 4:32 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:15.
†3. labour, service of captives or subjects: of Israel in Egypt Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:23 (twice in verse) (P), Exodus 5:11 (E), Exodus 6:6 (P); הע׳ כבד(הׅ Exodus 5:9 (E) Nehemiah 5:18; קשׁה ע׳ Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9 (P) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Isaiah 14:3; מֵרֹב ע׳ Lamentations 1:3; ממלכוֺת ע׳ 2 Chronicles 12:8; המלך ע׳ 1 Chronicles 26:30; אדניהם ע׳ Nehemiah 3:5; military service Ezekiel 29:18 (twice in verse).
4. service of God, in P Chronicles, Ezra: by people Joshua 22:27 (P) 2 Chronicles 12:8, feast of passover Exodus 12:25, Exodus 12:26; 2 Chronicles 35:10, 2 Chronicles 35:16, unleavened bread Exodus 13:5; Levites and priests Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:49; Numbers 8:11; 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 31:16; מתנה ע׳ Numbers 18:7; Levites Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:47 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:7, Numbers 7:8; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:2; with בְּאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39, Numbers 4:43, Numbers 8:19, Numbers 8:22, Numbers 18:31; אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Exodus 30:16; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 7:5; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:6, Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:23, compare Exodus 35:21; Numbers 7:5; (ה)מִשְׁכָּן Exodus 39:32, Exodus 39:40; Numbers 3:7, Numbers 3:8; Numbers 16:9; 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48], compare Exodus 27:19; Numbers 3:36; 1 Chronicles 23:26; הַקֹּדֶשׁ ע׳ Numbers 7:9, compare Numbers 3:31; of its court Numbers 3:26; more specifically משׂא ע׳ Numbers 4:47; צבא הע׳ Numbers 8:25; (ה)אלהים בית י׳ ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:35; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 35:2; Nehemiah 10:33 [Nehemiah 10:32]; בית האלהים מלאכת ע׳ 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; מעשׂה ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28; its service Ezekiel 44:14; 1 Chronicles 9:19; specific service of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 25:1 (twice in verse), and doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5673.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:27; 30:26; 30:26

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 2:23; 5:9; 5:11; 6:6; 6:9; 12:25; 12:26; 13:5; 27:19; 30:16; 30:16; 35:21; 35:24; 36:1; 36:3; 36:5; 38:21; 39:32; 39:40; 39:42

Leviticus

23:7; 23:8; 23:21; 23:25; 23:35; 23:36; 25:39

Numbers

3:7; 3:8; 3:26; 3:31; 3:36; 4:4; 4:19; 4:23; 4:24; 4:26; 4:27; 4:28; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:33; 4:33; 4:35; 4:39; 4:43; 4:47; 4:47; 4:49; 7:5; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 8:11; 8:19; 8:22; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 16:9; 18:4; 18:6; 18:7; 18:21; 18:21; 18:23; 18:31; 28:18; 28:25; 28:26; 29:1; 29:12; 29:35

Deuteronomy

26:6

Joshua

22:27

1 Kings

12:4

1 Chronicles

4:21; 6:32; 6:32; 6:48; 6:48; 9:13; 9:19; 9:28; 23:24; 23:26; 23:28; 23:28; 23:32; 24:3; 24:19; 25:1; 25:6; 26:8; 26:30; 27:26; 28:13; 28:14; 28:14; 28:15; 28:20; 28:21; 29:7

2 Chronicles

8:14; 10:4; 12:8; 12:8; 12:8; 24:12; 29:35; 31:2; 31:16; 31:16; 31:21; 34:13; 35:2; 35:10; 35:15; 35:16

Ezra

8:20

Nehemiah

3:5; 5:18; 10:32; 10:37

Psalms

104:14; 104:23

Isaiah

14:3; 28:21; 32:17

Lamentations

1:3

Ezekiel

29:18; 44:14

H5656

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Strong's Number H5656 matches the Hebrew עֲבֹדָה (ʿăḇōḏâ),
which occurs 145 times in 125 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Num 7:5–2Ch 8:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tabernacle of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the authority[fn] of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9 - But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - “and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD, like a wave offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - “And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - After that the Levites went in to do their work in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This is what pertains to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - “and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work, and shall work no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - “Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to serve them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - “They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; but an outsider shall not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - “Behold, I Myself have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; they are a gift to you, given by the LORD, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - “Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your work in the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - ‘On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - ‘And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - ‘Also on the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35 - ‘On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - ‘but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your descendants may not say to our descendants in time to come, “You have no part in the LORD.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses—one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - and also to the Levites, “They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - Then David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to the schedule of their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of the LORD according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - 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:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brethren, able men with strength for the work: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tilling the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - also for the division of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:14 - He gave gold by weight for things of gold, for all articles used in every kind of service; also silver for all articles of silver by weight, for all articles used in every kind of service;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God—my God—will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - “Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing craftsman will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the leaders and all the people will be completely at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.

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