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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Chronicles

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7 -9. Chapter 7 The sons of Issachar were Tola,

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Pua, Jashub, and Shemron, four in all. The sons

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of Tola were Uzi, Rephiah, Jeriel, Jammai, Jibsem,

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and Shemuel, heads of their father's house. The

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sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their

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generations. Their number in the days of David

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was 22 ,600. The son of Uzi was Izrahiah, and

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the sons of Izrahiah were Mikael, Obadiah, Joel,

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and Ishaiah. All five of them were chief men,

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and with them, by their generations, according

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to their fathers' houses, were 36 ,000 troops

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ready for war, for they had many wives and sons.

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Now their brethren among all the families of

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Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by

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their genealogies 87 ,000 in all. The sons of

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Benjamin were Bela, Beshir, and Jediayel, three

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in all. The sons of Bela were Esbon, Uzi, Uziel,

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Jerimoth, and Eri, five in all. They were heads

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of their fathers' houses, and they were listed

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by their genealogies 22 ,034 mighty men of valor.

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The sons of Beshir were Zemira, Joash, Eleazar,

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Eleonai, Omri, Jerimot, Abijah, Anatot, and Alimet.

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All these are the sons of Beshir, and they were

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recorded by genealogy according to their generations,

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heads of their fathers' houses, 20 ,200 mighty

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men of valor. The son of Jediel was Bilhan, and

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the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud,

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Shenana, Zitan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All

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these sons of Jadiyal were heads of their fathers'

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houses. There were 17 ,200 mighty men of valor,

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fit to go out for war and battle. Shupim and

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Hupim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the

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son of Ahr. The sons of Naphtali were Jazial,

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Guni, Jazir, and Shalom, the sons of Bila. The

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descendants of Manasseh, his Syrian concubine,

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bore him Makir, the father of Gilead, the father

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of Asriel. Makir took as his wife the sister

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of Hupim and Shupim, whose name was Maka. The

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name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad. But

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Zelophehad begot only daughters. Maka, the wife

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of Makir, bore a son, and she called his name

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Perish. The name of his brother was Cherish,

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and his sons were Ulam and Rakim. The son of

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Ulam was Bidan. These were the descendants of

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Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.

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His sister Hamuliket bore Eshod, Abiezer, and

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Mahla. And the sons of Shemida were Ahyan, Shechem,

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Leke, and Anyam. The sons of Ephraim were Shutele,

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Bered his son, Tehat his son, Elada his son,

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Tehat his son, Zabad his son, The men of Gath,

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who were born in that land, killed them because

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they came down to take away their cattle. Then

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Ephraim, their father, mourned many days, and

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his brethren came to comfort him. And when he

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went into his wife, she conceived and bore a

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son, and he called his name Beriah, because tragedy

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had come upon his house. Now his daughter was

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Shira. who built lower and upper Beit Horon and

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Uzzin Shira. And Rafa was his son as well as

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Reshef, and Tela his son, Tahan his son, Ladan

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his son, Amihud his son, Elishama his son, Nun

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his son, and Joshua his son. Now their possessions

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and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns.

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To the east, Naron, To the west, Gezer and its

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towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Aya

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and its towns. And by the borders of the children

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of Manasseh were Beit Shein and its towns, Tanak

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and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and

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its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph,

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the son of Israel. The sons of Asher were Imnah,

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Ishva, Ishvi, Berea, and their sister Sarah.

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The sons of Berea were Heber and Malkiel, who

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was the father of Berzeit. And Heber begot Japhlet,

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Shomer, Hotam, and their sister Shua. The sons

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of Japhlet were Pasak, Bimhal, and Ajvat. These

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were the children of Japhlet. The sons of Shemer

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were Ahi, Roga, Jehuba, and Aram. And the sons

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of his brother Helm were Zophah, Imnah, Shelesh,

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and Amal. The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnefer,

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Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hud, Shammah, Shelshah,

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Jetron, and Bera. The sons of Jeter were Jephunneh,

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Pispah, and Arah. The sons of Ullah were Arah,

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Haniel, and Riziah. All these were the children

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of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses, choice

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men, mighty men of valor, chief leaders, and

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they were recorded by genealogies among the army

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fit for battle. Their number was 26 ,000. Chapter

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8 Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel

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the second, Ara the third, Noha the fourth, and

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Rafa the fifth, the sons of Bela. These were

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the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers'

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houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and who forced

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them to move to Manhattan. Naaman, Ahijah, and

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Gerah, who forced them to move. He begot Uzzah

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and Ahihud. Also Shaharim had children in the

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country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim

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and Bara his wives. By Hodesh his wife, he begot

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Jobab, Zebiah, Meshah, Malchum, Juz, Sakya, and

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Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of their fathers'

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houses. And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpal.

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The sons of Elpal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed.

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who built Ono and Lod with its towns. And Berea

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and Shema, who were heads of their fathers' houses

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of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove out the

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inhabitants of Gath. Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

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Zebediah, Arad, Edir, Mikael, Ispa, and Joha

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were the sons of Berea. Zebediah, Meshulam, Hizki,

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Heber, Ishmireh, Jezliah, and Jobab. were the

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sons of Elpal. Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, Elianai,

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Zelitai, Eliel, Adaya, Beriah, and Shimrat were

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the sons of Shimei. Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, Abdon,

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Zikri, Hanan, Hanania, Elam, Antotija, Evdea,

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and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. Shamshirei,

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Sheharia, Ataliah, Jerushiah, Elijah, and Zichri

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were the sons of Jeroham. These were heads of

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their father's houses by their genealogies, chief

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men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. Now the father

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of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maka, dwelt

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at Gibeon, and his firstborn son was Abdon, then

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Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gidor, Ayo, Zekir, and

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Miklot, who begot Shimea. They also dwelt alongside

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their relatives in Jerusalem with their brethren.

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Nir begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot

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Jonathan, Melchishua, Abinadab, and Esh -Baal.

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The son of Jonathan was Merib -Baal, and Merib

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-Baal begot Micah. The sons of Micah were Piton,

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Malik, Teriah, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begot Jehoiada.

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Jehoiada begot Alimait, Azmavait, and Zimri.

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And Zimri begot Moza. Moza begot Benaiah, Rafa

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his son, Eliasah his son, and Azel his son. Azel

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had six sons whose names were these. Azrikam,

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Bokeru, Ishmael, Shariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

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All these were the sons of Azel. And the sons

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of Ishik, his brother, where Ulam his firstborn,

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Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. The

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sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers.

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They had many sons and grandsons, 150 in all.

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These were all sons of Benjamin. Chapter 9 So

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all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed

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they were inscribed in the book of the kings

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of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive

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to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. And

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the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions

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in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites,

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and the Nethinim. Now in Jerusalem the children

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of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin,

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and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh,

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Utai the son of Amihud, the son of Omri, the

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son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants

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of Perez, the son of Judah. Of the Shilonites,

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Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. Of the sons

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of Zerah, Jehoel and their brethren, 690. Of

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the sons of Benjamin, Salu the son of Meshulam,

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the son of Hudavia, the son of Hasinua. Ibnaya

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the son of Jeroham, Elah the son of Uzi, the

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son of Mikri, Meshulam the son of Shephatia,

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the son of Rehwal, the son of Ibnija. And their

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brethren, according to their genealogies, nine

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hundred and fifty -six. All these men were heads

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of a father's house in their father's houses.

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Of the priests, Jediah, Jehoiareb, and Jasheen.

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Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshulam,

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the son of Zadok, the son of Mariot, the son

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of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God.

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Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Peshur,

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the son of Malkijah. Masai, the son of Adiel,

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the son of Jazira, the son of Meshulam, the son

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of Meshulamit, the son of Emer, and their brethren,

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heads of their fathers' houses, 1 ,760. They

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were very able men for the work of the service

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of the house of God. Of the Levites, Shemaiah,

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the son of Hasub, the son of Azrikam, the son

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of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari, Bakbakar,

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Heresh, Galal, and Mataniah, the son of Micah,

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the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, Obadiah,

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the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son

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of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the

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son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of

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the Netophatites. And the gatekeepers were Shalom,

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Akub, Talmun, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shalom

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was the chief. Until then they had been gatekeepers

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for the camps of the children of Levi at the

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king's gate on the east. Shalom the son of Kor,

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the son of Ebyasaf, the son of Korah, and his

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brethren from his father's house, the Korahites,

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were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers

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of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers

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of the entrance to the camp of the Lord, and

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Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer

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over them in time past. The Lord was with him.

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Zechariah, the son of Mishael and Maya, was keeper

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of the door of the tabernacle of meeting. All

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those chosen as gatekeepers were 212. They were

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recorded by their genealogy in their villages.

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David and Samuel the seer had appointed them

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to their trusted office. So they and their children

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were in charge of the gates of the house of the

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Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.

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The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions,

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the east, west, north, and south. And the brethren

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in their villages had to come with them from

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time to time for seven days. For in this trusted

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office were four chief gatekeepers, they were

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Levites, and they had charge over the chambers

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and treasuries of the house of God. And they

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lodged all around the house of God because they

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had the responsibility and they were in charge

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of opening it every morning. Now some of them

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were in charge of the serving vessels, for they

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brought them in and took them out by count. Some

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of them were appointed over the furnishings and

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over all the implements of the sanctuary, and

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over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil,

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and the incense, and the spices. And some of

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the sons of the priests made the ointment of

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the spices. Matityah of the Levites, the firstborn

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of Shalom the Korahite, had the trusted office

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over the things that were baked in the pans.

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And some of the brethren of the sons of the Kohatites

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were in charge of preparing the showbread for

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every Sabbath. These are the singers, heads of

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the fathers' houses of the Levites, who lodged

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in the chambers and were free from other duties,

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for they were employed in that work day and night.

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These heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites

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were heads throughout their generations. They

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dwelt at Jerusalem. Jael, the father of Gibeon,

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whose wife's name was Maka, dwelt at Gibeon.

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His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish,

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Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gidor, Ayu, Zechariah, and

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Miklot. And Miklot begot Shemim. They also dwelt

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alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with

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their brethren. Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul,

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and Saul begot Jonathan, Melchishua, Abinadab,

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and Ishbaal. The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal,

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and Merib Baal begot Micah. The sons of Micah

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were Piton, Melech, Teriah, and Ahaz. And Ahaz

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begot Jara. Jara begot Alimait, Azmavait, and

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Zimri. And Zimri begot Moza. Moza begot Benaiah,

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Rephiah his son, Eliasah his son, and Azel his

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son. And Azel had six sons whose names were these.

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Azrikam, Bukero, Ishmael, Shariah, Obadiah, and

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Hanan. These were the sons of Azel. I hope you

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enjoyed today's reading as much as I did and

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I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to

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continue on our journey. God bless you and have

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a great day.