1 Esdras 1:3-5

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³ He told the Levites, the temple servants of Israel, that they should sanctify themselves to the Lord and put the holy ark of the Lord in the house that King Solomon, son of David, had built,^{(A) 4} and he said,^[a] “You need no longer carry it on your shoulders. Now worship the Lord your God and serve his nation Israel; prepare yourselves by your families and kindred, in accordance with the directions of King David of Israel and the magnificence of his son Solomon.^{(B) 5} Stand in order in the temple^[b] according to the groupings of the ancestral houses of you Levites, who minister before your kindred the people of Israel,^(C)