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And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, [and] to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

And I sent {H6680} them with commandment {H3318} unto Iddo {H112} the chief {H7218} at the place {H4725} Casiphia {H3703}, and I told {H7760}{H6310} them what {H1697} they should say {H1696} unto Iddo {H112}, and to his brethren {H251} the Nethinims {H5411}{H5411}, at the place {H4725} Casiphia {H3703}, that they should bring {H935} unto us ministers {H8334} for the house {H1004} of our God {H430}.

I gave them instructions for Iddo, the leading man in a place called Kasifya, and told them what to say to Iddo and his brother, who were in charge of Kasifya, so that they would bring us men to minister in the house of our God.

And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

And I sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 2:43 (4 votes)

    The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

  • Titus 1:5 (2 votes)

    ¶ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

  • Jeremiah 1:9 (2 votes)

    Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:3 (2 votes)

    Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:6 (2 votes)

    And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 2 Samuel 14:3 (2 votes)

    And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

  • 2 Samuel 14:19 (2 votes)

    And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: