26 So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.” 27 For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted, 28 but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
1 Chronicles 23:26–28
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