Bible Verses About Music: Appointed to be used in the temple

He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the LORD’s ark, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel:

Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with shofars continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, for giving praise.”

David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:

He set the Levites in the LORD’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of the LORD by his prophets.