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1 Chronicles 23:25
“For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 23
23
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.
25
For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
26
Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.
27
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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