1 Esdras 1:4–5

^4cand said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and ^dkindreds, ⁵according as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to ^ethe magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to ^dthe several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,