29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
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And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-32)All the offices of the house of God being well provided with Levites, we have here an account of those that were employed as officers and judges in the outward business, which must not be neglected, no, not for the temple itself. The magistracy is an ordinance of God for the good of the church as truly as the ministry is. And here we are told, 1. That the Levites were employed in the administratio…
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