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1 Chronicles 9:33

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the singers: 1 Chronicles 6:31-33, 1 Chronicles 15:16-22, 1 Chronicles 16:4-6, 1 Chronicles 25:1-31; Ezra 7:24

were free: Nehemiah 11:17, Nehemiah 11:22-23

they: etc. Heb. upon them

employed: A number of Levites were employed by rotation in singing the praises of Jehovah; and they seem to have continued the service day and night. See the references. Psalms 134:1-2, Psalms 135:1-3

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