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2 Chronicles 31:20 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.
2 Hezekiah then organized the priests and Levites into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to worship and give thanks and praise to the LORD at the gates of the Temple.
3 The king also made a personal contribution of animals for the daily morning and evening burnt offerings, the weekly Sabbath festivals, the monthly new moon festivals, and the annual festivals as prescribed in the Law of the LORD.
4 In addition, he required the people in Jerusalem to bring a portion of their goods to the priests and Levites, so they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the LORD.
5 The people of Israel responded immediately and generously by bringing the first of their crops and grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a large quantity-- a tithe of all they produced.
6 The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them up in great heaps.
7 They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.
8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the LORD and his people Israel!
9 "Where did all this come from?" Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.
10 And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, "Since the people began bringing their gifts to the LORD's Temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and all this is left over."
11 Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Temple of the LORD. When this was done,
12 the people faithfully brought all the tithes and gifts to the Temple. Conaniah the Levite was put in charge, assisted by his brother Shimei.
13 The supervisors under them were Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah. These appointments were made by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the chief official in the Temple of God.
14 Kore son of Imnah the Levite, who was the gatekeeper at the East Gate, was put in charge of distributing the voluntary offerings given to God, the gifts, and the things that had been dedicated to the LORD.
15 His faithful assistants were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah. They distributed the gifts among the families of priests in their towns by their divisions, dividing the gifts fairly among old and young alike.
16 They distributed the gifts to all males three years old or older, regardless of their place in the genealogical records. The distribution went to all who would come to the LORD's Temple to perform their daily duties according to their divisions.
17 They distributed gifts to the priests who were listed by their families in the genealogical records, and to the Levites twenty years old or older who were listed according to their jobs and their divisions.
18 Food allotments were also given to the families of all those listed in the genealogical records, including their little babies, wives, sons, and daughters. For they had all been faithful in purifying themselves.
19 As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who were living in the open villages around the towns, men were appointed by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to all the Levites listed in the genealogical records.
20 In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the LORD his God.
21 In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God's laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.
1 Now when all H3605 NMS this H2063 DPRO was finished H3615 , all H3605 NMS Israel H3478 that were present H4672 went out H3318 VQQ3MP to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and broke the images in pieces H7665 , and cut down H1438 the groves H842 , and threw down H5422 the high places H1116 and the altars H4196 out of all H3605 NMS Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144 , in Ephraim H669 also and Manasseh H4519 , until H5704 PREP they had utterly destroyed H3615 them all . Then all H3605 NMS the children H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 , every man H376 NMS to his possession H272 , into their own cities H5892 .
2 And Hezekiah H3169 appointed H5975 W-VHY3MS the courses H4256 of the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 after H5921 PREP their courses H4256 , every man H376 NMS according to H6310 K-CMS his service H5656 , the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 for burnt offerings H5930 and for peace offerings H8002 , to minister H8334 , and to give thanks H3034 , and to praise H1984 in the gates H8179 of the tents H4264 of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
3 He appointed also the king H4428 D-NMS \'s portion H4521 of H4480 PREP his substance H7399 for the burnt offerings H5930 , to wit , for the morning H1242 and evening H6153 burnt offerings H5930 , and the burnt offerings H5930 for the sabbaths H7676 , and for the new moons H2320 , and for the set feasts H4150 , as it is written H3789 in the law H8451 B-CFS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
4 Moreover he commanded H559 W-VQY3MS the people H5971 that dwelt H3427 in Jerusalem H3389 to give H5414 L-VQFC the portion H4521 of the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 , that H4616 L-CONJ they might be encouraged H2388 in the law H8451 B-CFS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
5 And as soon as the commandment H1697 D-NMS came abroad H6555 , the children H1121 of Israel H3478 brought in abundance H7235 the firstfruits H7225 CFS of corn H1715 , wine H8492 , and oil H3323 , and honey H1706 , and of all H3605 W-CMS the increase H8393 of the field H7704 ; and the tithe H4643 of all H3605 things brought they in H935 abundantly H7230 LD-NMS .
6 And concerning the children H1121 W-CMP of Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 , that dwelt H3427 in the cities H5892 B-CFP of Judah H3063 , they H1992 PPRO-3MP also H1571 CONJ brought in H935 the tithe H4643 of oxen H1241 NMS and sheep H6629 , and the tithe H4643 of holy things H6944 which were consecrated H6942 unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS their God H430 , and laid H5414 them by heaps H6194 .
7 In the third H7992 month H2320 BD-NMS they began H2490 to lay the foundation H3245 of the heaps H6194 , and finished H3615 them in the seventh H7637 D-ONUM month H2320 WBD-NMS .
8 And when Hezekiah H3169 and the princes H8269 came H935 W-VQY3MP and saw H7200 W-VQY3MP the heaps H6194 , they blessed H1288 the LORD H3068 EDS , and his people H5971 Israel H3478 LMS .
9 Then Hezekiah H3169 questioned H1875 with H5921 PREP the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 concerning H5921 PREP the heaps H6194 .
10 And Azariah H5838 the chief H7218 priest H3548 of the house H1004 of Zadok H6659 answered H559 W-VQY3MS him , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Since the people began H2490 to bring H935 the offerings H8641 into the house H1004 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , we have had enough H7646 to eat H398 , and have left H3498 plenty H7230 : for H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS hath blessed H1288 VPQ3MS his people H5971 ; and that which is left H3498 is this H2088 D-PMS great store H1995 .
11 Then Hezekiah H3169 commanded H559 W-VQY3MS to prepare H3559 chambers H3957 in the house H1004 B-CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS ; and they prepared H3559 them ,
12 And brought in the offerings H8641 and the tithes H4643 and the dedicated H6944 things faithfully H530 : over H5921 which Cononiah H3562 the Levite H3878 was ruler H5057 NMS , and Shimei H8096 his brother H251 was the next H4932 .
13 And Jehiel H3171 , and Azaziah H5812 , and Nahath H5184 , and Asahel H6214 , and Jerimoth H3406 , and Jozabad H3107 , and Eliel H447 , and Ismachiah H3253 , and Mahath H4287 , and Benaiah H1141 , were overseers H6496 under the hand H3027 M-GFS of Cononiah H3562 and Shimei H8096 his brother H251 CMS-3MS , at the commandment H4662 of Hezekiah H3169 the king H4428 D-NMS , and Azariah H5838 the ruler H5057 of the house H1004 CMS of God H430 .
14 And Kore H6981 the son H1121 CMS of Imnah H3232 the Levite H3778 , the porter H7778 toward the east H4217 , was over H5921 PREP the freewill offerings H5071 of God H430 D-EDP , to distribute H5414 L-VQFC the oblations H8641 of the LORD H3068 EDS , and the most holy things H6944 .
15 And next H5921 W-PREP him were Eden H5731 GFS , and Miniamin H4509 , and Jeshua H3442 , and Shemaiah H8098 , Amariah H568 , and Shecaniah H7935 , in the cities H5892 B-CFP of the priests H3548 , in their set office H530 , to give H5414 L-VQFC to their brethren H251 by courses H4256 , as well to the great H1419 as to the small H6996 :
16 Beside H905 ML-NMS their genealogy H3187 of males H2145 , from three H7969 MFS years H8141 NFP old H1121 and upward H4605 , even unto every one H3605 L-CMS that entereth H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 EDS , his daily H3117 NMS portion H1697 for their service H5656 in their charges H4931 according to their courses H4256 ;
17 Both to H854 the genealogy H3187 of the priests H3548 by the house H1004 of their fathers H1 , and the Levites H3881 from twenty H6242 years H8141 NFS old H1121 and upward H4605 , in their charges H4931 by their courses H4256 ;
18 And to the genealogy H3187 of all H3605 B-CMS their little ones H2945 , their wives H802 , and their sons H1121 , and their daughters H1323 , through all H3605 L-CMS the congregation H6951 : for H3588 CONJ in their set office H530 they sanctified themselves H6942 in holiness H6944 :
19 Also of the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 the priests H3548 , which were in the fields H7704 of the suburbs H4054 of their cities H5892 , in every H3605 B-CMS several city H5892 GFS , the men H376 NMP that H834 RPRO were expressed H5344 by name H8034 , to give H5414 L-VQFC portions H4490 to all H3605 L-CMS the males H2145 NMS among the priests H3548 , and to all H3605 that were reckoned by genealogies H3187 among the Levites H3881 .
20 And thus H2063 did H6213 W-VQY3MS Hezekiah H3169 throughout all H3605 B-CMS Judah H3063 , and wrought H6213 W-VQY3MS that which was good H2896 D-NMS and right H3477 and truth H571 before H6440 L-CMP the LORD H3068 EDS his God H430 .
21 And in every H3605 work H4639 NMS that H834 RPRO he began H2490 VHQ3MS in the service H5656 of the house H1004 CMS of God H430 D-EDP , and in the law H8451 , and in the commandments H4687 , to seek H1875 L-VQFC his God H430 , he did H6213 VQQ3MS it with all H3605 B-CMS his heart H3824 , and prospered H6743 .
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