1 Chronicles 15:16 Cross References - MLV

¹⁶ And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding-aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

³¹ And these are those whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after the ark had rest. ³² And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem and they served in their office according to their order. ³³ And these are those who served and their sons.
Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ³⁴ the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, ³⁵ the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶ the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ³⁷ the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, ³⁸ the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

⁸ And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs and with harps and with psalteries and with timbrels and with cymbals and with trumpets.

¹² And said to them, You* are the heads of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you* and your* brothers, that you* may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

²⁷ And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen and all the Levites who bore the ark and the singers and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers. And David had upon him an ephod of linen.
²⁸ Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting and with sound of the cornet and with trumpets and with cymbals, sounding-aloud with psalteries and harps.

⁴² And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound-aloud and with instruments for the songs of God and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.

⁵ and four thousand were gatekeepers and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which David said I made to praise Him.

¹ 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 psalteries and with cymbals. And the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
² Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.
⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
⁶ All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman being under the order of the king.

¹³ it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one voice, to sound-aloud in praising and thanking Jehovah. And when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music and praised Jehovah, saying, For he is good. For his loving kindness is everlasting, that the house was then filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,

²⁸ And all the assembly worshiped and the singers sang and some blew the trumpet. All this until the burnt offering was finished.
²⁹ And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. ³⁰ Moreover Hezekiah the king and the rulers commanded the Levites to sing praises to Jehovah with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

¹² Also the hand of God came upon Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the rulers by the word of Jehovah.

¹⁰ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, after the order of David King of Israel. ¹¹ And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Jehovah, saying, For he is good, for his loving kindness is everlasting toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

²⁴ Also we certify to you*, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, the singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it will not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.
²⁵ And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And you* teach him who does not know them. ²⁶ And whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
²⁷ Praise Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, ²⁸ and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king's mighty rulers. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

³⁶ and his brothers, Shemaiah and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God and Ezra the scribe was ahead of them.

⁴³ And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy. And the women also and the children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

⁴⁶ For in the days of David and Asaph of long-ago there was a chief of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

¹ Sing aloud to God our strength. Shout to the God of Jacob.

⁷ Those who sing as well as those who dance will say, All my fountains are in you.

¹ It is a good thing to give thanks to Jehovah and to sing praises to your name, O Most High, ² to show forth your loving kindness in the morning and your faithfulness every night, ³ with an instrument of ten strings and with the psaltery, with a meditation resounding upon the harp.

¹ O come, let us sing to Jehovah. Let us shout to the rock of our salvation.

¹ Shout to Jehovah, all you* lands.

³ Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with timbrel and harp.

³ Praise him with horn and trumpet-blast. Praise him with psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise him with timbrel and dance. Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.

²³ And kings will be your nursing fathers and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet. And you will know that I am Jehovah and those who wait for me will not be put to shame.

¹¹ the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his loving kindness is everlasting and of those who bring thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Jehovah.

²³ Now having assigned elders to them in every congregation, and when they had prayed with fastings, they consigned them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

¹ Faithful is the word: if a any man is aspiring to the overseership, he is desiring a good work. ² Therefore, it is essential for the overseer to be: unimpeachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, orderly, hospitable, skilled in teaching; ³ not a drunkard, not a bully, not covetous, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a money-lover; ⁴ the one who is governing his own house well, having his children in subjection with all honesty; ⁵ (but if anyone does not know how to govern his own house, how will he be caring for the congregation of God?;) ⁶ not a new-convert, (in order that when he is puffed up, he might not fall into the condemnation of the devil). ⁷ But it is also essential for him to have a good testimony from those who are outside the congregation; in order that he may not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

{‘Unimpeachable,’(below, G423), ‘irreproachable,’(Tit 1, G410), are both in the qualifications of the Lord’s earthly congregation’s leadership, described in various Bible versions and locations within as: elders, bishops, overseers, pastors, shepherds, presbyters; (all terms are always plural in the Bible). These words do not translate well into English. They are simply a description of a person not under an accusation by an enemy or legal system or better as under any kind of accusation, this person is blameless, guiltless and has an impeccable reputation. Another note: ‘children’is plural in Greek.}


⁸ Deacons likewise must be honorable, not double-tongued, not taking-heed to much wine, not covetous; ⁹ holding the mystery of the faith in a clean conscience. ¹⁰ But let these also first be tested; thereafter let them serve, being irreproachable.
¹¹ Women likewise must be honorable, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
¹² Let deacons be husbands of one wife, governing their children and their own houses well. ¹³ For those who have served well are acquiring for themselves a good rank and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁴ I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly; ¹⁵ but if I am slow, these things are in order that you may know how men ought to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.

² And the things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, consign these to faithful men, who will also be competent to teach others.

⁵ Because of this, I left you in Crete, in order that you might amend the things which are deficient and should designate elders in every city, as I commanded you.