Quotes About Tradition

the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.

Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.