“All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.

and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry.

You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to the priests and the Levites.

So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

He designated 70,000 as common laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.

They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days – I have assigned one day for each year.

So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.

Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin.

According to the word of the Lord they were numbered, by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. Thus were they numbered by him, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting, to attend to needs, but they must do no work. This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties.”

These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived: The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: