- Levites:
- "And Davidª spakeª° to the chiefª of the Levitesª to appointª°¹ their brethrenª [to be] the singersª° with instrumentsª of musick,ª psalteriesª and harpsª and cymbals,ª sounding,ª° by lifting upª° the voiceª with joy.ª ... And Chenaniah,ª chiefª of the Levites,ª [was] for song:ª he instructedª about the song,ª because¹ he¹ [was] skilful.ª°" {1Ch 15:16-22} + "Asaphª the chief,ª and nextª to him Zechariah,ª Jeiel,ª and Shemiramoth,ª and Jehiel,ª and Mattithiah,ª and Eliab,ª and Benaiah,ª and Obededom:ª and Jeielª with psalteriesªª and with harps;ª but Asaphª made a soundª° with cymbals;ª" {1Ch 16:5} + "And with¹ them Hemanª and Jeduthunª with trumpetsª and cymbalsª for those that should make a sound,ª° and with musicalª instrumentsª of God.ª And the sonsª of Jeduthunª [were] porters.ª" {1Ch 16:42} + "Moreover fourª thousandª [were] porters;ª and fourª thousandª praisedª° the LORDª with the instrumentsª which¹ I made,ª° [said David], to praiseª° [therewith]." {1Ch 23:5} + "Moreover Davidª and the captainsª of the hostª separatedª° to the serviceª of the sonsª of Asaph,ª and of Heman,ª and of Jeduthun,ª who should prophesyª°°² with harps,ª with psalteries,ª and with cymbals:ª and the numberª of the workmenª²¹ according to their serviceª was:¹ ... So the numberª of them, with¹ their brethrenª that were instructedª° in the songsª of the LORD,ª [even] all¹ that were cunning,ª° was¹ two hundredª fourscoreª and eight.ª" {1Ch 25:1-7}
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