King James Version
“Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;”
2 Chronicles 31:16 · KJV
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: next: Heb. at his hand set: or, trust
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: set: or, trust
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“of males”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
“old”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and upward”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“even unto every one that entereth”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
“into the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“portion”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“his daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“his daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“in their charges”
H4931watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
“according to their courses”
H4256a section (of levites, people or soldiers)
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