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chapter 31
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when these things had been duly celebrated, all Israel that were found in the
cities of Juda, went out, and they broke the idols, and cut down the groves.
demolished the high places, and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Juda
and Benjamin, but out of Ephraim also and Manasses, till they had utterly
destroyed them: then all the children of Israel returned to their possessions
and cities.
2 And Ezechias appointed companies of the priests, and
the Levites, by their courses, every man in his own office, to wit, both of the
priests, and of the Levites, for holocausts, and for peace offerings, to
minister, and to praise, and to sing in the gates of the camp of the Lord.
3 And the king's part was, that of his proper substance
the holocaust should be offered always morning and evening, and on the
sabbaths, and the new moons and the other solemnities, as it is written in the
law of Moses.
4 He commanded also the people that dwelt in Jerusalem,
to give to the priests, and the Levites their portion, that they might attend
to the law of the Lord.
5 Which when it was noised abroad in the ears of the
people, the children of Israel offered in abundance the firstfruits of corn,
wine, and oil, and honey: and brought the tithe of all things which the ground
bringeth forth.
6 Moreover the children of Israel and Juda, that dwelt
in the cities of Juda, brought in the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and the tithes
of holy things, which they had vowed to the Lord their God: and carrying them
all, made many heaps.
7 In the third month they began to lay the foundations
of the heaps, and in the seventh month, they finished them.
8 And when Ezechias and his princes came in, they saw
the heaps, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.
9 And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites, why
the heaps lay so.
10 Azarias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc
answered him, saying: Since the firstfruits began to be offered in the house of
the Lord, we have eaten, and have been filled, and abundance is left, because
the Lord hath blessed his people: and of that which is left is this great store
which thou seest.
11 Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in
the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,
12 They brought in faithfully both the firstfruits, and
the tithes, and all they had vowed. And the overseer of them was Chonenias the
Levite, and Semei his brother was the second,
13 And after him Jehiel, and Azarias, and Nahath, and
Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Jesmachias, and Mahath, and
Banaias, overseers under the hand of Chonenias, and Semei his brother, by the
commandment of Ezechias the king, and Azarias the high priest of the house of
God, to whom all things appertained.
14 But Core the son of Jemna the Levite, the porter of
the east gate, was overseer of the things which were freely offered to the
Lord, and of the firstfruits and the things dedicated for the holy of holies.
15 And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jesue,
and Semeias, and Amarias, and Sechenias, in the cities of the priests, to
distribute faithfully portions to their brethren, both little and great:
16 Besides the males from three years old and upward,
to all that went into the temple of the Lord, and whatsoever there was need of
in the ministry, and their offices according to their courses, day by day.
17 To the priests by their families, and to the Levites
from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes and companies.
18 And to all the multitude, both to their wives, and
to their children of both sexes, victuals were given faithfully out of the
things that had been sanctified.
19 Also of the sons of Aaron who were in the fields and
in the suburbs of each city, there were men appointed, to distribute portions
to all the males, among the priests and the Levites.
20 So Ezechias did all things, which we have said in
all Juda, and wrought that which was good; and right, and truth, before the
Lord his God,
21 In all the service of the ministry of the house of
the Lord according to the law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek his God with
all his heart, and he did it and prospered,
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