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2 Chronicles 31:16

14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

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BSB
In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—
KJV
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
WEB
in addition to those who were listed by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the LORD’s house, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;
ASV
besides them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their courses;
DARBY
besides those from three years old and upward who as males were entered in the genealogical register, all that came into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their charges, according to their divisions,
BLB
apart from their genealogy, to males from a son of three years and up—to everyone who entered the house of YHWH, by the matter of a day in its day, for their service in their charges, by their divisions—
ÅB
med undtagelse av alle dem av mannkjønn, fra treårsalderen og oppover, som var oppskrevet i slektslistene, og som kom til Herrens hus for hver dag å få hva de den dag trengte under den tjeneste de hadde å vareta etter sine skifter -
OTB
uten hensyn til deres slektsregister, til mennene fra tretti år og oppover— alle som kom inn i Herrens hus for sine daglige forpliktelser— for deres arbeid i deres plikter etter deres avdelinger;
B1930
med undtagelse av alle dem av mannkjønn, fra treårsalderen og opover, som var opskrevet i ættelistene, og som kom til Herrens hus for hver dag å få hvad de den dag trengte under den tjeneste de hadde å vareta efter sine skifter -

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  • Ezra 3:4

    They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;

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  • Leviticus 21:22–23

    He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:3

    Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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