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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 things from them, that they may be [fn]used in the service H5656 of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service H5656.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service H5656,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service H5656, [fn]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 he did not give any to the sons of Kohath, because theirs was the service H5656 of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - “Aaron then shall [fn]present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may [fn]qualify to perform the service H5656 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 [fn]a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service H5656 of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no affliction among the sons of Israel due to [fn]their approaching the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service H5656 in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; just 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 is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward [fn]they shall enter to perform service in the work H5656 of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - “But at the age of fifty years they shall [fn]retire from service in the work H5656 and not work anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may, however, [fn]assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to fulfill an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work H5656. In this way you shall deal with the Levites in their obligations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Is it too small an honor for you that the God of Israel has singled you out from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to perform the service H5656 of 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 perform the duties of the tent of meeting, for all the service H5656 of the tent; but [fn]an unauthorized person shall not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - “Behold, I Myself have taken your [fn]fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, [fn]dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service H5656 for the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - “But you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything that concerns the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service H5656. I am giving you the priesthood as a [fn]service H5656 that is a gift, and the [fn]unauthorized person 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 sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in return for their service H5656 which they perform, the service H5656 of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites shall perform the service H5656 of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service H5656 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 assembly; you shall do no laborious H5656 work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - ‘On the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious H5656 work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 -

‘Also on the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the LORD in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious H5656 work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 -

‘Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious H5656 work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 -

‘Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious H5656 work, and you shall celebrate with a feast to the LORD for 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 sacred assembly; you shall do no laborious H5656 work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘And the Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and imposed hard labor H5656 on us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - rather, it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service H5656 of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons 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 hard; but now, lighten the hard labor H5656 imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put 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 were Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers H5656 at Beth-ashbea;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They were ministering in song in front of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon’s building of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they [fn]served in their office H5656 according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their kinsmen the Levites were [fn]appointed for all the service H5656 of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 competent men for the work of the service H5656 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, the son of [fn]Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service H5656, doorkeepers of the tent; and 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 -

Now some of them were in charge of the utensils of the service H5656, for [fn]they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 -

These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, the heads of the fathers’ households of those among them who were [fn]counted, in the number of names by their [fn]head count, doing the work for the service H5656 of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - “Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service H5656.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their office is [fn]to assist the sons of Aaron with the service H5656 of the house of the LORD, in the courtyards and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service H5656 of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - So they are to perform the [fn]duties of the tent of meeting, the holy place, and of assisting the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service H5656 of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices [fn]for their ministry H5656.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - These were their offices for their ministry H5656 when they entered the house of the LORD according to the ordinance given to them through their father Aaron, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 -

Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service H5656 some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals; and the number of [fn]those who performed this service H5656 was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All of these were under the [fn]direction of their father to sing in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service H5656 of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were [fn]under the direction 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; they and their sons and relatives were able men with strength for the service H5656, sixty-two from Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, [fn]were responsible for the affairs of Israel [fn]west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service H5656 of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - Ezri the son of Chelub was responsible for the [fn]agricultural workers who tilled H5656 the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service H5656 of the house of the LORD and for all the utensils of service H5656 in the house of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:14 - for the golden utensils, by weight of gold for all utensils for every H5656 service H5656; for all the silver utensils, by weight of silver for all utensils for every H5656 service H5656;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:15 - and the weight of gold for the golden lampstands and their golden lamps, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for the silver lampstands, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps according to the use H5656 of each lampstand;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 -

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service H5656 of the house of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - “Now behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service H5656 of the house of God, and every willing man of any skill will be with you in all the work for all kinds of service H5656. The officials also and all the people will be entirely at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - and for the service H5656 of the house of God they gave five thousand talents and ten thousand [fn]darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

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Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service H5656, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for this is what David, the man of God, had commanded.


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