11My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
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At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. …
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. …
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. …
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here is, I. Hezekiah’s age when he came to the crown. He was twenty-five years old . Joash, who came to the crown after two bad reigns, was but seven years old; Josiah, who came after two bad reigns, was but eight, which occasioned the delay of the reformation; but Hezekiah had come to years, and so applied himself immediately to it. We may well think with what a sorrowful heart he beheld his fath…
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