Ezra 6:18
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And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

the priests

1 Chronicles 23:1-26:32 David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel. . . .

2 Chronicles 35:4,5 And prepare yourselves by your houses, and families according to your courses, as David king of Israel commanded, and Solomon his son hath written. . . .

as it is written.

Numbers 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Numbers 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:

Context
The Feast of Dedication
17And they offered at the dedication of the house of God, a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin offering for all Israel twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
Cross References
Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Numbers 8:9
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:

1 Chronicles 23:6
And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.

1 Chronicles 24:1
Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron: The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 Chronicles 35:5
And serve ye in the sanctuary by the families and companies of Levi.

Lexicon
They also appointed
וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ (wa·hă·qî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6966: To arise, stand

the priests
כָהֲנַיָּ֜א (ḵā·hă·nay·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 3549: Priest

by their divisions
בִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹן (bip̄·lug·gā·ṯə·hō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6392: A division

and the Levites
וְלֵוָיֵא֙ (wə·lê·wā·yê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3879: Levites -- descendants of Levi

by their groups
בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹן (bə·maḥ·lə·qā·ṯə·hō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4255: Class, division

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5922: Above, over, upon, against

the service
עֲבִידַ֥ת (‘ă·ḇî·ḏaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5673: Labor, business

of God
אֱלָהָ֖א (’ĕ·lā·hā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 426: God

in Jerusalem,
בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם (ḇî·rū·šə·lem)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3390: Jerusalem -- the capital city of all Israel

according to what is written
כִּכְתָ֖ב (kiḵ·ṯāḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3792: Something written, a writing, record, book

in the book
סְפַ֥ר (sə·p̄ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5609: A book

of Moses.
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4873: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver


Additional Translations
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the book of Moses.And 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.

And 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.

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.

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

And 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.

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

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.

and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
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