He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.

王分派祭司各尽其职，又勉励他们办耶和华殿中的事；

王分派祭司各尽其职，又勉励他们办耶和华殿中的事。

王分派祭司各尽其职，又勉励他们办耶和华殿中的事。

他指派祭司各尽其职，鼓励他们在耶和华的殿里事奉，

王指派各祭司的职务，又鼓励他们去作耶和华殿的事务。

王分派祭司各盡其職，又勉勵他們辦耶和華殿中的事；

王分派祭司各盡其職，又勉勵他們辦耶和華殿中的事。

王分派祭司各盡其職，又勉勵他們辦耶和華殿中的事。

他指派祭司各盡其職，鼓勵他們在耶和華的殿裡事奉，

王指派各祭司的職務，又鼓勵他們去作耶和華殿的事務。

王派立了祭司各盡職守，又鼓勵他們辦理永恆主殿中的事務。

王立祭司、以任厥職、勉其供耶和華室之役事、

俾祭司守職、凡供役於殿者則勞之。

王命諸祭司各守其職、勉之供主殿之役事、

He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the Lord’s temple.

Josiah appointed the priests to their duties. He cheered them up as they served the Lord at his temple.

He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.

Josiah also assigned the priests to their duties and encouraged them in their work at the Temple of the Lord.

He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the LORD’s temple.

And he set the priests in their duties and encouraged them for the service of the house of the Lord.

And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple.

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the LORD’s temple.

He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them in the service of Yahweh’s house.

And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord.

Now the divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices for their ministry.Since more chief men were found from the descendants of Eleazar than the descendants of Ithamar, they divided them this way: there were sixteen heads of fathers’ households of the descendants of Eleazar, and eight of the descendants of Ithamar according to their fathers’ households.So they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the descendants of Eleazar and the descendants of Ithamar.Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.Now the first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah,the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Jehezkel,the twenty first for Jachin, the twenty second for Gamul,the twenty third for Delaiah, and the twenty fourth for Maaziah.These were their offices for their ministry 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.Now for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah, the first.Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.Of the sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.These also cast lots just as their relatives, the sons of Aaron did in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites— the head of fathers’ households as well as those of his younger brother.

The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss any of the divisions.

Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the Lord under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses— with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David.

So you shall perform the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel.Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.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. I am giving you the priesthood as a service that is a gift, and the unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.”

Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; then arise, and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.”

Then he said to them,“ Listen to me, you Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out of the holy place.For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have abandoned Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have turned their backs.They have also shut the doors of the porch and extinguished the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.Therefore the wrath of the Lord was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that His burning anger may turn away from us.My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense.”