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Lexicon :: Strong's H5656 - ʿăḇōḏâ

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עֲבֹדָה
Transliteration
ʿăḇōḏâ
Pronunciation
ab-o-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1553c

Strong’s Definitions

עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. labour, service

    1. labour, work

    2. labour (of servant or slave)

    3. labour, service (of captives or subjects)

    4. service (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.
STRONGS H5656: Abbreviations
† עַבֹדָה, and (Chronicles) עֲבוֺדָה 145 noun feminine labour, service (on formation see LagBN 179 BaNB 61); — י׳ Exodus 1:14 + 41 times; construct עֲבֹדַת Exodus 30:16 + 43 times; suffix עֲבֹדָתִי Genesis 30:26 + 33 times suffixes; in Chronicles עֲבוֺדָה 1 Chronicles 28:14 + 7 times; construct עֲבוֺדַת 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48] + 13 times; suffix עֲבוֺדָתִי 2 Chronicles 12:8; עֲבוֺדָתָם 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:16; —
1. † labour, work, Psalm 104:23; in the field Exodus 1:14; 1 Chronicles 27:26, probably Nehemiah 10:38 [Nehemiah 10:37] (עָרֵי ע׳), Psalm 104:14 (עֵשֶׂב לע׳); in fine linen 1 Chronicles 4:21; in erection of tabernacle Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1, Exodus 36:3, Exodus 36:5; Exodus 39:42 (P); in repairing temple 2 Chronicles 34:13 (twice in verse); כל מלאכת עבדה לא תעשׂוּ ye shall do no laborious work Leviticus 23:7, Leviticus 23:8, Leviticus 23:21, Leviticus 23:25, Leviticus 23:35, Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 28:18, Numbers 28:25, Numbers 28:26; Numbers 29:1, Numbers 29:12, Numbers 29:35 (P); figurative of man, הַצְּדָקָה ע׳ Isaiah 32:17 (|| מַעֲשֵׂה הַצּ׳); of God's work of judgment Isaiah 28:21 (twice in verse).
†2. labour of servant or slave: of Jacob for Laban Genesis 29:27; Genesis 30:26 (JE); עֶבֶד ע׳ of bondservant Leviticus 25:39 (P); of the Nethinim Ezra 8:20; service of things, vessels of tabernacle and temple Numbers 4:26, Numbers 4:32 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:15.
†3. labour, service of captives or subjects: of Israel in Egypt Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:23 (twice in verse) (P), Exodus 5:11 (E), Exodus 6:6 (P); הע׳ כבד(הׅ Exodus 5:9 (E) Nehemiah 5:18; קשׁה ע׳ Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9 (P) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Isaiah 14:3; מֵרֹב ע׳ Lamentations 1:3; ממלכוֺת ע׳ 2 Chronicles 12:8; המלך ע׳ 1 Chronicles 26:30; אדניהם ע׳ Nehemiah 3:5; military service Ezekiel 29:18 (twice in verse).
4. service of God, in P Chronicles, Ezra: by people Joshua 22:27 (P) 2 Chronicles 12:8, feast of passover Exodus 12:25, Exodus 12:26; 2 Chronicles 35:10, 2 Chronicles 35:16, unleavened bread Exodus 13:5; Levites and priests Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:49; Numbers 8:11; 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 31:16; מתנה ע׳ Numbers 18:7; Levites Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:47 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:7, Numbers 7:8; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:2; with בְּאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39, Numbers 4:43, Numbers 8:19, Numbers 8:22, Numbers 18:31; אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Exodus 30:16; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 7:5; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:6, Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:23, compare Exodus 35:21; Numbers 7:5; (ה)מִשְׁכָּן Exodus 39:32, Exodus 39:40; Numbers 3:7, Numbers 3:8; Numbers 16:9; 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48], compare Exodus 27:19; Numbers 3:36; 1 Chronicles 23:26; הַקֹּדֶשׁ ע׳ Numbers 7:9, compare Numbers 3:31; of its court Numbers 3:26; more specifically משׂא ע׳ Numbers 4:47; צבא הע׳ Numbers 8:25; (ה)אלהים בית י׳ ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:35; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 35:2; Nehemiah 10:33 [Nehemiah 10:32]; בית האלהים מלאכת ע׳ 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; מעשׂה ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28; its service Ezekiel 44:14; 1 Chronicles 9:19; specific service of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 25:1 (twice in verse), and doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5673.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:27; 30:26; 30:26

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 2:23; 5:9; 5:11; 6:6; 6:9; 12:25; 12:26; 13:5; 27:19; 30:16; 30:16; 35:21; 35:24; 36:1; 36:3; 36:5; 38:21; 39:32; 39:40; 39:42

Leviticus

23:7; 23:8; 23:21; 23:25; 23:35; 23:36; 25:39

Numbers

3:7; 3:8; 3:26; 3:31; 3:36; 4:4; 4:19; 4:23; 4:24; 4:26; 4:27; 4:28; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:33; 4:33; 4:35; 4:39; 4:43; 4:47; 4:47; 4:49; 7:5; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 8:11; 8:19; 8:22; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 16:9; 18:4; 18:6; 18:7; 18:21; 18:21; 18:23; 18:31; 28:18; 28:25; 28:26; 29:1; 29:12; 29:35

Deuteronomy

26:6

Joshua

22:27

1 Kings

12:4

1 Chronicles

4:21; 6:32; 6:32; 6:48; 6:48; 9:13; 9:19; 9:28; 23:24; 23:26; 23:28; 23:28; 23:32; 24:3; 24:19; 25:1; 25:6; 26:8; 26:30; 27:26; 28:13; 28:14; 28:14; 28:15; 28:20; 28:21; 29:7

2 Chronicles

8:14; 10:4; 12:8; 12:8; 12:8; 24:12; 29:35; 31:2; 31:16; 31:16; 31:21; 34:13; 35:2; 35:10; 35:15; 35:16

Ezra

8:20

Nehemiah

3:5; 5:18; 10:32; 10:37

Psalms

104:14; 104:23

Isaiah

14:3; 28:21; 32:17

Lamentations

1:3

Ezekiel

29:18; 44:14

H5656

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Strong's Number H5656 matches the Hebrew עֲבֹדָה (ʿăḇōḏâ),
which occurs 145 times in 125 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Num 7:5–2Ch 8:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9 - But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they[fn] shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - They minister[fn] to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - They shall join you and keep guard over the tent of meeting for all the service of the tent, and no outsider shall come near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - And behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,[fn] and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the people of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And you may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - “On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35 - “On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall not do any ordinary work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - And the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we do perform the service of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings, so your children will not say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the LORD.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Chelub;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the LORD; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:14 - the weight of gold for all golden vessels for each service, the weight of silver vessels for each service,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - the weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics[fn] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.

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