He said to the Levites who taught all Israel(A) the holy things of the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders,(B) now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

“Organize your ancestral families[a] by your divisions(C) according to the written instruction of King David of Israel and that of his son Solomon.(D) Serve in the holy place by the groupings of the ancestral families[b] for your brothers, the lay people,[c] and according to the division of the Levites by family.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 35:4 Lit the house of your fathers
  2. 35:5 Lit the house of the fathers
  3. 35:5 Lit the sons of the people, also in vv. 7,12,13

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