Ezra 6:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

Ezra 6:18 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
2 Chronicles 35:4-5
And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. …
1 Chronicles 24:1
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 23:1-26
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. …
Numbers 8:9-26
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-22)

Here we have, I. The Jews’ enemies made their friends. When they received this order from the king they came with as much haste to encourage and assist the work as their predecessors had done to put a stop to it, Ezra 4:23. What the king ordered they did, and, because they would not be thought to do it with reluctance, they did it speedily, Ezra 6:13. The king’s moderation made them, contrary to t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses ... as it is written in the book of Moses--Although David arranged the priests and Levites in courses according to their families, it was Moses who assigned to the priests and Levites their rights and privileges, their stations and several duties.