2 Chronicles 11:14 Cross References - LITV

¹⁴ For the Levites had abandoned their pasture land and their property. And they came to Judah and to Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from acting as priests to Jehovah.

³⁰ And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, shall be Jehovah's; it is holy to Jehovah. ³¹ And if a man really redeems any of his tithes, he shall add its fifth to it. ³² And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock, all that passes under the rod, a tenth shall be holy to Jehovah; ³³ he shall not search whether it is good or bad, nor shall he change it. And if he at all changes it, then it shall be that it and its substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. ³⁴ These are the commands which Jehovah has commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, on Mount Sinai.

²¹ And, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel to the sons of Levi for an inheritance, in return for their service which they are serving, the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²² And the sons of Israel shall not come near to the tabernacle of the congregation any more, lest they bear sin, and die. ²³ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a never ending statute throughout your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance; ²⁴ but the tithes of the sons of Israel which they shall lift up to Jehovah, a heave offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said to them, They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel. ²⁵ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁶ And you shall say to the Levites; and you shall speak to them, When you take the tithe from the sons of Israel, which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then you shall lift from it a heave offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. ²⁷ And your heave offering shall be counted to you as grain from the threshing floor, and as fullness from the winepress. ²⁸ So you also shall lift up the heave offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which you receive from the sons of Israel. And you shall give from it the heave offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest.

² Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites cities to live in, from the land of their possessions, and you shall give to the Levites open land for the cities. ³ And they shall have the cities to live in, and their open lands shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals. ⁴ And the open land around the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits all around. ⁵ And you shall measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits; the city being in the middle. This shall be to them the open land around the cities.

²⁰ And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who were left of the sons of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave them Shechem and its open land in Mount Ephraim as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer and its open lands, ²² And Kibzaim and its open lands, and Beth-horon and its open lands; four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its open lands, Gibbethon and its open lands, ²⁴ Aijalon and its open lands, Gathrimmon and its open lands; four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its open lands, and Gathrimmon and its open lands; two cities. ²⁶ All the cities were ten, and their open land, for the families of the sons of Kohath that were left. ²⁷ And to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites from the half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah and its open lands; two cities. ²⁸ And from the tribe of Issachar they gave Kishon and its open lands, and Dabareth and its open lands, ²⁹ Jarmuth and its open lands, En-gannim and its open lands; four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its open lands, Abdon and its open lands, ³¹ Helkath and its open lands, Rehob and its open lands; four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor and its open lands, and Kartah, and its open lands; three cities. ³³ All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their open land. ³⁴ And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, they gave Jokneam and its open lands, and Kartah and its open lands, ³⁵ Dimnah and its open lands, Nahalal and its open lands; four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its open lands, and Jahazah and its open lands, ³⁷ Kedemoth and its open lands, and Mephaath and its open lands; four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim and its open lands, ³⁹ Heshbon and its open land, Jazer and its open lands; four cities in all. ⁴⁰ All the cities for the sons of Merari by their families, those left of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. ⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the sons of Israel were forty eight cities and their open land. ⁴² These cities were every one with their open land around them. So it was to all these cities.

²⁸ And the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt! ²⁹ And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. ³⁰ And this thing became a sin, for the people went before the one, to Dan. ³¹ And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah; and he offered on the altar, so he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves which he made; and he made stand in Bethel the priests of the high places that he made. ³³ And he offered up on the altar that he made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel, and offered on the altar, to burn incense.

³³ After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but turned again and made from the lowest of the people priests of high places; he who desired, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

⁶⁶ And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ And they gave to them for cities of refuge: Shechem in Mount Ephraim and its open lands; and Gezer and its open lands; ⁶⁸ and Jokmeam and its open lands; and Beth-horon and its open lands; ⁶⁹ and Aijalon and its open lands; and Gathrimmon and its open lands. ⁷⁰ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its open lands; and Bileam and its open lands for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath. ⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom: out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and its open lands; and Ashtaroth and its open lands. ⁷² And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and its open lands; Daberath and its open lands; ⁷³ and Ramoth and its open lands; and Anem and its open lands. ⁷⁴ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and its open lands; and Abdon and its open lands; ⁷⁵ and Hukok and its open lands; and Rehob and its open lands. ⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands; and Hammon and its open lands; and Kirjath-aim and its open lands. ⁷⁷ To the rest of the sons of Merari: out of the tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and its open lands; Tabor and its open lands. ⁷⁸ And beyond Jordan, by Jericho, on the east of the Jordan: out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, and its open lands; and Jahzah and its open lands; ⁷⁹ and Kedemoth and its open lands; and Mephaath and its open lands. ⁸⁰ And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands; and Mahanaim and its open lands; ⁸¹ and Heshbon and its open lands; and Jazer and its open lands.

⁹ Have you not thrown out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made priests to yourselves like the peoples of the lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he becomes a priest to no gods.