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"Isn't Adonai your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on every side? For he has put the inhabitants of the land under my power — the land has been subdued before Adonai and his people.

Now set your heart and being on seeking Adonai your God. Get up, and build the sanctuary for Adonai , God. Then you can bring the ark for the covenant of Adonai and the holy articles of God into the house that will be built for the name of Adonai ."

But as for Moshe the man of God, his sons are included with the tribe of Levi.

For David said, " Adonai the God of Isra'el has given rest to his people, and he lives in Yerushalayim forever.

Their role was to assist the descendants of Aharon with the service of the house of Adonai in the courtyards and rooms, and with purification of all the holy articles — in other words, with the work needed to minister in the house of God.

They were assigned [periods of service] by lot, the one group equally with the other, since both the descendants of El‘azar and the descendants of Itamar had officers of the sanctuary and officers of God.

These are the divisions and the sequence in which they served in the house of Adonai , in accordance with the rule they were given through Aharon their ancestor, as Adonai the God of Isra'el had ordered him.

all these sons of Heman, the king's seer in matters pertaining to God, were there to exalt [God]. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

They were all with their fathers Asaf, Y'dutun and Heman to sing with cymbals, lutes and lyres in the house of Adonai , serving in the house of God under the direction of the king.

‘Ammi'el the sixth, Yissakhar the seventh, and Pe‘ultai the eighth; for God blessed him.

Of the L'vi'im, Achiyah was responsible for the stores in the house of God and the stores of holy articles.

King David appointed 2,700 of his kinsmen, valiant men and clan leaders, as overseers over the Re'uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of the M'nashi for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

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

However, Adonai the God of Isra'el chose me out of my father's whole family to be king over Isra'el forever; for he chose Y'hudah to be the leader; and in the house of Y'hudah, in the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, it was his pleasure to make me king over all Isra'el;

Now therefore, in the sight of all Isra'el, the community of Adonai , and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the mitzvot of Adonai your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants after you forever.

"As for you, Shlomo my son, know the God of your father. Serve him wholeheartedly and with desire in your being; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands all the inclinations of people's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.

also the designs for everything he had been given by the Spirit — for the courtyards of the house of Adonai , for all the rooms surrounding it, for the storehouses in the house of God, for the storehouses for the holy articles,

Then David said to Shlomo his son, "Be strong, be bold, and do it! Don't be afraid or become discouraged! For Adonai , God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or abandon you until all the work for the service in the house of Adonai has been finished.

See, there are the divisions of the cohanim and L'vi'im for all the service in the house of God. For every kind of work, you will have with you every man who is willing and skilled, for every kind of service. Also the captains and all the people will be completely at your disposal."

To the whole community, David the king said, "Shlomo my son is the only one God has chosen. But he is still young and inexperienced, whereas the work to be done is great; because the palace is not for anyone human, but for Adonai , God.