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Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Yisra'el.

David commanded to gather together the sojourners who were in Eretz-Yisra'el; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.

Then he called for Shlomo his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

David said to Shlomo his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

Only the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge concerning Yisra'el; that so you may keep the law of the LORD your God.

Isn't the LORD your God with you? and hasn't he given you rest on every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build you the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

But as for Moshe the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

For David said, the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Yerushalayim forever:

For their office was to wait on the sons of Aharon for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of El`azar, and of the sons of Itamar.

This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance [given] to them by Aharon their father, as the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, had commanded him.

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaf, Yedutun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

`Ammi'el the sixth, Yissakhar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.

Of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Re'uveni, and the Gadi, and the half-tribe of the Manashshi, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.

But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.