Ezra 6:18
Good News Translation
They also organized the priests and the Levites for the Temple services in Jerusalem, according to the instructions contained in the book of Moses.

New Revised Standard Version
Then they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

Contemporary English Version
Then the priests and Levites were assigned their duties in God's temple in Jerusalem, according to the instructions Moses had written.

New American Bible
Finally, they set up the priests in their classes and the Levites in their divisions for the service of God in Jerusalem, as is prescribed in the book of Moses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

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And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

the priests

1 Chronicles 23:1-26:32 David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel. . . .

2 Chronicles 35:4,5 And prepare yourselves by your houses, and families according to your courses, as David king of Israel commanded, and Solomon his son hath written. . . .

as it is written.

Numbers 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Numbers 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:

Context
The Feast of Dedication
17And they offered at the dedication of the house of God, a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin offering for all Israel twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
Cross References
Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Numbers 8:9
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:

1 Chronicles 23:6
And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.

1 Chronicles 24:1
Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron: The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 Chronicles 35:5
And serve ye in the sanctuary by the families and companies of Levi.

Ezra 6:17
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