2 Chronicles 29:25–34

²⁵Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres^r according to the command of David,^s Gad the king’s seer,^t and the prophet Nathan.^u For the command was from the Lord through his prophets. ²⁶The Levites stood with the instruments of David,^v and the priests with the trumpets.^w

²⁷Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offerings began, the song of the Lord and the trumpets began, accompanied by the instruments of King David of Israel. ²⁸The whole assembly was worshiping, singing the song, and blowing the trumpets—all this continued until the burnt offering was completed. ²⁹When the burnt offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.^{a 30}Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the Lord in the words of David and of the seer Asaph. So they sang praises with rejoicing and knelt low and worshiped.

³¹Hezekiah concluded, “Now you are consecrated^A to the Lord. Come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the Lord’s temple.” So the congregation brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all those with willing hearts^b brought burnt offerings. ³²The number of burnt offerings the congregation brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. ³³Six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats were consecrated.

³⁴However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them^c until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious^d to consecrate themselves than the priests were.^e