2Chr 23:4 Cross References

2 Chronicles 23:4

4: This is what you must do. When the priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, a third of them will serve as gatekeepers.

Luke 1:8

  1. One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week.
  2. As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary and burn incense in the Lord's presence.

1 Chronicles 24:3

  1. With the help of Zadok, who was a descendant of Eleazar, and of Ahimelech, who was a descendant of Ithamar, David divided Aaron's descendants into groups according to their various duties.
  2. Eleazar's descendants were divided into sixteen groups and Ithamar's into eight, for there were more family leaders among the descendants of Eleazar.
  3. All tasks were assigned to the various groups by means of sacred lots so that no preference would be shown, for there were many qualified officials serving God in the sanctuary from among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.
  4. Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, acted as secretary and wrote down the names and assignments in the presence of the king, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the family leaders of the priests and Levites. The descendants of Eleazar and Ithamar took turns casting lots.

1 Chronicles 23:3

  1. All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to thirty-eight thousand.
  2. Then David said, "Twenty-four thousand of them will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD. Six thousand are to serve as officials and judges.
  3. Four thousand will work as gatekeepers, and another four thousand will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made."
  4. Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi--Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 9:25

  1. From time to time, their relatives in the villages came to share their duties for seven-day periods.

1 Chronicles 26:13

  1. They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.
  2. The responsibility for the east gate went to Meshelemiah and his group. The north gate was assigned to his son Zechariah, a man of unusual wisdom.
  3. The south gate went to Obed-edom, and his sons were put in charge of the storehouses.
  4. Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate and the gateway leading up to the Temple. Guard duties were divided evenly.
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