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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DUTY

du'-ti (dabhar; opheilo):

The word duty occurs only three times in the Old Testament and twice in the New Testament. In the Old Testament it is the translation of dabhar, which, meaning originally "speech," or "word," came to denote any particular "matter" that had to be attended to. In the two places where it is rendered "duty" (2 Chronicles 8:14 Ezra 3:4) the reference is to the performance of the Temple services-praise and sacrifice-and it is probably from these passages that the phrase "taking duty" in church services is derived. In other passages we have different words employed to denote the priests' dues: the King James Version Leviticus 10:13, 14, hok ("statutory portion"); Deuteronomy 18:3, mishpat ("judgment"). In Proverbs 3:27, we have a reference to duty in the moral sense, "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due," ba`-al (i.e. as in the King James Version margin, "from the owners thereof"). In Exodus 21:10 we have the "duty of marriage" (`onah), that which was due to the wife.

In the New Testament "duty" is expressed by opheilo, "to owe," "to be due." In Luke 17:10, we have "Say,. we have done that which it was our duty to do," and in Romans 15:27 the King James Version, it is said of the Gentiles with reference to the Jewish Christians, "Their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things," the American Standard Revised Version "they owe it." In Matthew 18:34 we have "till he should pay all that was due" (opheilo, "owing"), and in 1 Corinthians 7:3 the King James Version, "Render unto the wife due opheile benevolence," the American Standard Revised Version "her due." See also ETHICS.

W. L. Walker

Greek

3782. opheile -- a debt
... a debt. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: opheile Phonetic Spelling:
(of-i-lay') Short Definition: a debt, duty Definition: a debt, a duty, what ...
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651. apostole -- a sending away
... a sending away. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: apostole Phonetic
Spelling: (ap-os-tol-ay') Short Definition: commission, duty of apostle ...
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2405. hierateia -- priesthood
... priesthood. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hierateia Phonetic Spelling:
(hee-er-at-i'-ah) Short Definition: the duty of a priest Definition ...
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1885. eparchia -- a province
... a province. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eparchia Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ar-khee'-ah) Short Definition: sphere of duty, province Definition ...
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203. akrobustia -- the prepuce, foreskin, hence uncircumcision
... male foreskin removed by circumcision. The duty of physical circumcision
of course did relate to .]. Word Origin of uncertain origin ...
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3195. mello -- to be about to
... to intend, ie Be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially
events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability ...
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1163. dei -- it is necessary
... dei Phonetic Spelling: (die) Short Definition: it is necessary, inevitable Definition:
it is necessary, inevitable; less frequently: it is a duty, what is ...
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3019. Leuites -- a Levite, a descendant of Levi
... a Levite, properly a man of the tribe of Levi; hence: a priest's assistant, an under
priest, as the members of that tribe were charged with this duty. ...
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812. atakteo -- to be out of order, be remiss
... ak-teh'-o) Short Definition: I behave disorderly Definition: (lit: I march out of
order; then: I riot, rebel), behave disorderly, neglect my duty, am careless ...
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15. agathopoieo -- to do good
... do good. From agathopoios; to be a well-doer (as a favor or a duty) -- (when) do
good (well). see GREEK agathopoios. (agathopoieite) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2992. yabam -- to perform the duty of a husband's brother
... 2991, 2992. yabam. 2993 . to perform the duty of a husband's brother.
Transliteration: yabam Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-bam') Short Definition: brother. ...
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1697. dabar -- speech, word
... 1), custom (1), customs (1), dealings (2), decree (2), deed (2), deeds (3), defect*
(1), desires (1), dispute (5), disputes (1), doings (1), duty (1), edict (1 ...
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5772. ownah -- guilt
... duty of marriage From an unused root apparently meaning to dwell together; sexual
(cohabitation) -- duty of marriage. 5771, 5772. ownah. 5772a . ...
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4931. mishmereth -- a guard, watch, charge, function
... of mishmar Definition a guard, watch, charge, function NASB Word Usage allegiance
(1), charge (27), duties (15), duty (2), guard post (2), guard* (1), guards (2 ...
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5921. al -- upon, above, over
... 1), consider* (3), considered* (2), contrary (1), corresponding (2), corresponding*
(1), crowns (1), defiance* (1), despite (1), due (1), duty (1), east* (7 ...
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5411. nethinim -- temple servants
... the proper form as passive participle), from nathan; one given, ie (in the plural
only) the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty) -- Nethinims. ...
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7847. satah -- to turn aside
... decline, go aside, turn. A primitive root; to deviate from duty -- decline, go
aside, turn. 7846, 7847. satah. 7848 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2
The Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2. <. The Life of
Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2 HJ Wilmot-Buxton. ...
/.../wilmot-buxton/the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/

Duty. December 5.
... Duty. December 5. When a man has once said honestly to himself, "It is my
duty;" when that glorious heavenly thought has risen upon ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /duty december 5.htm

Motives to this Duty
... CHAPTER 3. APPLICATION PART I. MOTIVES TO THIS DUTY. Agreeably to this plan, I shall
proceed to state to you some motives to persuade you to this duty. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/part i motives to this.htm

The Duty of Every Day
... THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES THE DUTY OF EVERY DAY. 'Then Solomon offered burnt
offerings unto the Lord ... Even after a certain rate every day.'"(AV) ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the duty of every day.htm

The Duty of Searching the Scriptures
... The Duty of Searching the Scriptures. John 5:39 " "Search the Scriptures." ...
First, Show, that it is every one's duty to search them. ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the duty of searching the.htm

Duty of the Historian.
... Section 6. Duty of the Historian. The first duty of the historian, which
comprehends all others, is fidelity and justice. He must ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 6 duty of the.htm

A Duty is to be Chosen from what is virtuous...
... Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. Book I. Chapter IX. A duty is to be chosen from what is
virtuous� ... This treatise on duty, therefore, will not be superfluous. 27. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ix a duty is.htm

the Duty of Personal Catechizing and Instructing the Flock ...
... CHAPTER 3. APPLICATION SECTION 2 - THE DUTY OF PERSONAL CATECHIZING AND
INSTRUCTING THE FLOCK PARTICULARLY RECOMMENDED. Having disclosed ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/section 2 - the duty.htm

The Duty of Remembering the Poor
... The Duty of Remembering the Poor. A Sermon No.99. Delivered on Thursday
Evening, September 25th, 1856, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. At ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/the duty of remembering the.htm

It is the Duty, Then, of the Interpreter and Teacher of Holy ...
... Book 4 Chapter 6. It is the duty, then, of the interpreter and teacher of
Holy Scripture� 6. It is the duty, then, of the interpreter ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 6 it is the.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which is due; payment.

2. (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

3. (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

4. (n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.

5. (n.) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.

6. (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

7. (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.

Thesaurus

Duty (90 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman,
or a soldier; to be on duty. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DUTY. ...
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Responsibilities (5 Occurrences)
... and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their
burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them ...
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Duties (46 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Duty. Multi-Version Concordance Duties
(46 Occurrences). Acts 23:1 Then Paul, fixing a steady ...
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Obligation (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract,
oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty. ...
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Office (64 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or
with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the ...
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Alms (13 Occurrences)
... Acts 3:2). The Pharisees were very ostentatious in their almsgivings (Matthew
6:2). The spirit by which the Christian ought to be actuated in this duty is set ...
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Service (317 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done
or required; office. 5. (n.) Office of devotion; official ...
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Obligations (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 4:5 But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live
a self-indulgent life, but do the duty of an evangelist and fully discharge ...
/o/obligations.htm - 9k

Discharge (30 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self
of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to ...
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Neglect (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in
regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to ...
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Bible Concordance

Duty (90 Occurrences)

Matthew 3:15 "Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;
(WEY)

Matthew 6:12 and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;
(WEY)

Matthew 17:25 He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"
(See NIV)

Matthew 25:27 Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest.
(WEY)

Mark 13:34 It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.
(WEY)

Luke 1:8 Now while he was doing priestly duty before God in the prescribed course of his class,
(WEY RSV NIV)

Luke 2:49 "Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"
(WEY)

Luke 11:4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"
(WEY)

Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?
(WEY)

Luke 17:10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say,'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

John 13:14 If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet.
(WEY)

John 18:16 but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
(See NIV)

Acts 6:3 Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty.
(WEY RSV)

Acts 12:6 Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door.
(WEY)

Acts 20:22 "And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
(WEY)

Acts 20:24 But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.
(WEY)

Acts 23:1 Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."
(See NIV)

Acts 26:9 "I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
(WEY)

Romans 15:1 As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.
(WEY)

Romans 15:16 that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice--namely the Gentiles--may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is)
(See NIV)

Romans 15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
(KJV WBS)

Romans 15:28 So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 7:3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
(See NAS NIV)

Ephesians 6:1 Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.
(WEY)

Ephesians 6:7 With right good will, be faithful to your duty as service rendered to the Lord and not to man.
(WEY)

Colossians 4:4 Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you yourselves know that it is your duty to follow our example. There was no disorder in our lives among you,
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 3:13 But you, brethren, must not grow weary in the path of duty;
(WEY)

1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
(See RSV)

2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
(WEB)

2 Timothy 4:5 But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live a self-indulgent life, but do the duty of an evangelist and fully discharge the obligations of your office.
(WEY)

1 Peter 2:19 For it is an acceptable thing with God, if, from a sense of duty to Him, a man patiently submits to wrong, when treated unjustly.
(WEY)

Genesis 38:8 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 1:16 and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."
(WEB)

Exodus 21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Numbers 3:25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
(WEB)

Numbers 3:31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
(WEB)

Numbers 3:36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
(WEB)

Numbers 3:38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
(WEB)

Numbers 4:16 "The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."
(WEB)

Numbers 4:27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
(WEB NAS)

Numbers 4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
(WEB)

Numbers 4:31 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
(WEB NAS NIV)

Numbers 4:32 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.
(WEB)

Numbers 8:26 but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties."
(WEB)

Numbers 18:3 They shall keep your commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
(WEB)

Numbers 18:5 "You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.
(WEB)

Numbers 31:30 Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, even of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh."
(WEB)

Numbers 31:47 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of the tabernacle of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(WEB)

Deuteronomy 24:5 When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 25:5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 25:7 If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, "My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:3 You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
(WEB)

1 Kings 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.
(WEB)

1 Kings 14:27 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 11:5 He commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 11:7 The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh around the king.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 11:9 The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 9:27 They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.
(WEB RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:33 These are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who lived in the chambers and were
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 16:37 And he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to do the service before the ark continually, as every day's duty required;
(DBY)

1 Chronicles 23:28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
(See RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 23:32 and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
(WEB)

1 Chronicles 24:19 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Yahweh according to the ordinance given to them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every division were twenty-four thousand.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 5:13 it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 8:13 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)

2 Chronicles 8:14 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 12:10 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 23:4 This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;
(See RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 23:6 But let none come into the house of Yahweh, save the priests, and those who minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the instruction of Yahweh.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn't dismiss the shift.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:16 besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of Yahweh, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;
(WEB ASV DBY RSV)

Ezra 3:4 They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezra 4:13 Be it known now to the king that if this city is built, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.
(See NIV)

Ezra 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
(See NIV)

Ezra 7:24 Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on them.
(See NIV)

Ezra 10:12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so must we do.
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 7:3 I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone to be over against his house.
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 12:45 They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
(WEB)

Nehemiah 13:13 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
(See RSV)

Job 33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
(DBY)

Ecclesiastes 12:13 This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 32:7 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:45 He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house;
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Ezekiel 40:46 and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.
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Ezekiel 44:8 You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.
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Ezekiel 44:14 Yet will I make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.
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Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:
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Ezekiel 45:17 It shall be the prince's part to give the burnt offerings, and the meal offerings, and the drink offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the Sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meal offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.
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Subtopics

Duty

Duty (Tax): Tribute (A Tax) Levied on Foreign Commerce by Solomon

Duty of Man to God

Duty of Man to Man

Related Terms

Responsibilities (5 Occurrences)

Duties (46 Occurrences)

Obligation (17 Occurrences)

Office (64 Occurrences)

Alms (13 Occurrences)

Service (317 Occurrences)