Study Desk

Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

While Jacob was talking with the shepherds, Rachel came with her father's sheep, because it was her job to care for the sheep.

And the king asked them, "Can we find a better man than Joseph to take this job? God's spirit is truly in him!"

If you do this as God commands you, then you will be able to do your job, and all the people will go home with their disagreements solved."

so the people will respect his children as his own. I am the Lord . I have set the high priest apart for his special job.'"

"When the Israelites are ready to move, and when Aaron and his sons have covered the holy furniture and all the holy things, the Kohathites may go in and carry them away. In this way they won't touch the holy things and die. It is the Kohathites' job to carry the things that are in the Meeting Tent.

Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who have a job to do in the Meeting Tent.

It is their job to carry the following as they serve in the Meeting Tent: the frames of the Holy Tent, the crossbars, the posts, and bases,

Moses did not give any oxen or carts to the Kohathites, because their job was to carry the holy things on their shoulders.

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, "Come on. Kill us yourself. As the saying goes, ‘It takes a man to do a man's job.'" So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna and took the decorations off their camels' necks.

Then everyone left in your family will come and bow down before him. They will beg for a little money or a little food and say, "Please give me a job as priest so I can have food to eat."'"

There was a Levite named Mattithiah who was dependable and had the job of baking the bread used for the offerings. He was the first son of Shallum, who was from the family of Korah.

Some of the gatekeepers from the Kohath family had the job of preparing the special bread that was put on the table every Sabbath day.

The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer had the job of blowing trumpets in front of the Ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also guards for the Ark.

Then David appointed some of the Levites to serve before the Ark of the Lord . They had the job of leading the worship and giving thanks and praising the Lord , the God of Israel.

That day David first gave Asaph and his relatives the job of singing praises to the Lord .

Heman and Jeduthun also had the job of playing the trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments when songs were sung to God. Jeduthun's sons guarded the gates.

The Levites had the job of helping Aaron's descendants in the service of the Temple of the Lord . They cared for the Temple courtyard and side rooms, and they made all the holy things pure. Their job was to serve in the Temple of God.

Solomon, you must understand this. The Lord has chosen you to build the Temple as his holy place. Be strong and finish the job."

Don't let anyone come into the Temple of the Lord except the priests and Levites who serve. They may come because they have been made ready to serve the Lord , but all the others must do the job the Lord has given them.