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It encompasses the responsibilities and actions expected of believers as they live out their faith in accordance with God's commandments and teachings. Duty is often associated with obedience, service, and the fulfillment of God's will.<br><br><b>Biblical Foundations</b><br><br>The concept of duty is deeply rooted in Scripture, where it is often linked to the idea of obedience to God's commandments. In <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:13</a>, the Preacher summarizes the essence of human duty: "When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind." This verse highlights the fundamental obligation of reverence and adherence to God's laws.<br><br><b>Duty to God</b><br><br>The primary duty of every believer is to love and serve God wholeheartedly. This is encapsulated in the greatest commandment as stated by Jesus in <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-38</a>: "Jesus declared, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment." This duty involves worship, prayer, and a life dedicated to glorifying God.<br><br><b>Duty to Others</b><br><br>Scripture also emphasizes the duty to love and serve others. The second greatest commandment, as mentioned by Jesus in <a href="/matthew/22-39.htm">Matthew 22:39</a>, is: "And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" This duty is further elaborated in passages such as <a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">Galatians 6:2</a>, which instructs believers to "Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." The duty to others includes acts of kindness, justice, and compassion.<br><br><b>Duty to Self</b><br><br>While duty to God and others is paramount, Scripture also acknowledges the responsibility individuals have towards themselves. This includes maintaining personal integrity, spiritual growth, and self-care. In <a href="/1_timothy/4-16.htm">1 Timothy 4:16</a>, Paul advises Timothy: "Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you."<br><br><b>Examples of Duty in Scripture</b><br><br>1. <b>Abraham's Obedience</b>: Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22) exemplifies duty to God through obedience and faith.<br> <br>2. <b>The Good Samaritan</b>: In <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Luke 10:25-37</a>, the parable of the Good Samaritan illustrates duty to others through compassion and action.<br><br>3. <b>Paul's Ministry</b>: The Apostle Paul demonstrates duty through his tireless efforts to spread the Gospel and care for the early church, as seen in his letters (e.g., <a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">1 Corinthians 9:16</a>).<br><br><b>Challenges and Rewards</b><br><br>Fulfilling one's duty can be challenging, often requiring sacrifice and perseverance. However, Scripture assures believers of the rewards of faithfulness. In <a href="/matthew/25-21.htm">Matthew 25:21</a>, Jesus speaks of the faithful servant: "His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’" This promise underscores the eternal significance of fulfilling one's duty.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>While the concept of duty is multifaceted, it remains a central theme in the Christian life, guiding believers in their relationship with God, others, and themselves. Through Scripture, Christians are called to embrace their duties with faithfulness and love, reflecting the character of Christ in all they do.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) That which is due; payment.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) 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).<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">DUTY</span><p>du'-ti (dabhar; opheilo):<br><br>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" (<a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a> <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Ezra 3:4</a>) 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 <a href="/leviticus/10-13.htm">Leviticus 10:13, 14</a>, hok ("statutory portion"); <a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Deuteronomy 18:3</a>, mishpat ("judgment"). In <a href="/proverbs/3-27.htm">Proverbs 3:27</a>, 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 <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Exodus 21:10</a> we have the "duty of marriage" (`onah), that which was due to the wife.<br><br>In the New Testament "duty" is expressed by opheilo, "to owe," "to be due." In <a href="/luke/17-10.htm">Luke 17:10</a>, we have "Say,. we have done that which it was our duty to do," and in <a href="/romans/15-27.htm">Romans 15:27</a> 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 <a href="/matthew/18-34.htm">Matthew 18:34</a> we have "till he should pay all that was due" (opheilo, "owing"), and in <a href="/1_corinthians/7-3.htm">1 Corinthians 7:3</a> the King James Version, "Render unto the wife due opheile benevolence," the American Standard Revised Version "her due." See also <a href="../e/ethics.htm">ETHICS</a>.<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3782.htm"><span class="l">3782. opheile -- a debt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a debt. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: opheile Phonetic Spelling:<br> (of-i-lay') Short Definition: a debt, <b>duty</b> Definition: a debt, a <b>duty</b>, what <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3782.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/651.htm"><span class="l">651. apostole -- a sending away</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a sending away. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: apostole Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ap-os-tol-ay') Short Definition: commission, <b>duty</b> of apostle <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/651.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2405.htm"><span class="l">2405. hierateia -- priesthood</span></a> <br><b>...</b> priesthood. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hierateia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (hee-er-at-i'-ah) Short Definition: the <b>duty</b> of a priest Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2405.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1885.htm"><span class="l">1885. eparchia -- a province</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a province. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eparchia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ep-ar-khee'-ah) Short Definition: sphere of <b>duty</b>, province Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1885.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/203.htm"><span class="l">203. akrobustia -- the prepuce, foreskin, hence uncircumcision</span></a> <br><b>...</b> male foreskin removed by circumcision. The <b>duty</b> of physical circumcision<br> of course did relate to .]. Word Origin of uncertain origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/203.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3195.htm"><span class="l">3195. mello -- to be about to</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to intend, ie Be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially<br> events; in the sense of purpose, <b>duty</b>, necessity, probability <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3195.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/1163.htm"><span class="l">1163. dei -- it is necessary</span></a> <br><b>...</b> dei Phonetic Spelling: (die) Short Definition: it is necessary, inevitable Definition:<br> it is necessary, inevitable; less frequently: it is a <b>duty</b>, what is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1163.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3019.htm"><span class="l">3019. Leuites -- a Levite, a descendant of Levi</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a Levite, properly a man of the tribe of Levi; hence: a priest's assistant, an under<br> priest, as the members of that tribe were charged with this <b>duty</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3019.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/812.htm"><span class="l">812. atakteo -- to be out of order, be remiss</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ak-teh'-o) Short Definition: I behave disorderly Definition: (lit: I march out of<br> order; then: I riot, rebel), behave disorderly, neglect my <b>duty</b>, am careless <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/812.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/15.htm"><span class="l">15. agathopoieo -- to do good</span></a> <br><b>...</b> do good. From agathopoios; to be a well-doer (as a favor or a <b>duty</b>) -- (when) do<br> good (well). see GREEK agathopoios. (agathopoieite) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/15.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2992.htm"><span class="l">2992. yabam -- to perform the <b>duty</b> of a husband's brother</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2991, 2992. yabam. 2993 . to perform the <b>duty</b> of a husband's brother.<br> Transliteration: yabam Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-bam') Short Definition: brother. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2992.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm"><span class="l">1697. dabar -- speech, word</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), custom (1), customs (1), dealings (2), decree (2), deed (2), deeds (3), defect*<br> (1), desires (1), dispute (5), disputes (1), doings (1), <b>duty</b> (1), edict (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1697.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5772.htm"><span class="l">5772. ownah -- guilt</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>duty</b> of marriage From an unused root apparently meaning to dwell together; sexual<br> (cohabitation) -- <b>duty</b> of marriage. 5771, 5772. ownah. 5772a . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5772.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4931.htm"><span class="l">4931. mishmereth -- a guard, watch, charge, function</span></a><br><b>...</b> of mishmar Definition a guard, watch, charge, function NASB Word Usage allegiance<br> (1), charge (27), duties (15), <b>duty</b> (2), guard post (2), guard* (1), guards (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4931.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm"><span class="l">5921. al -- upon, above, over</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), consider* (3), considered* (2), contrary (1), corresponding (2), corresponding*<br> (1), crowns (1), defiance* (1), despite (1), due (1), <b>duty</b> (1), east* (7 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5921.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5411.htm"><span class="l">5411. nethinim -- temple servants</span></a><br><b>...</b> the proper form as passive participle), from nathan; one given, ie (in the plural<br> only) the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that <b>duty</b>) -- Nethinims. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5411.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7847.htm"><span class="l">7847. satah -- to turn aside</span></a><br><b>...</b> decline, go aside, turn. A primitive root; to deviate from <b>duty</b> -- decline, go<br> aside, turn. 7846, 7847. satah. 7848 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7847.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/wilmot-buxton/the_life_of_duty_a_years_plain_sermons_v_2/"><span class="l">The Life of <b>Duty</b>, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2</span></a> <br>The Life of <b>Duty</b>, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2. <. The Life of<br> <b>Duty</b>, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2 HJ Wilmot-Buxton. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilmot-buxton/the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/duty_december_5.htm"><span class="l"><b>Duty</b>. December 5.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Duty</b>. December 5. When a man has once said honestly to himself, "It is my<br> <b>duty</b>;" when that glorious heavenly thought has risen upon <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /duty december 5.htm</font><p><a href="/library/baxter/the_reformed_pastor/part_i_motives_to_this.htm"><span class="l">Motives to this <b>Duty</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER 3. APPLICATION PART I. MOTIVES TO THIS <b>DUTY</b>. Agreeably to this plan, I shall<br> proceed to state to you some motives to persuade you to this <b>duty</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/part i motives to this.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/the_duty_of_every_day.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Duty</b> of Every Day</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES THE <b>DUTY</b> OF EVERY DAY. 'Then Solomon offered burnt<br> offerings unto the Lord ... Even after a certain rate every day.'"(AV) <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the duty of every day.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/the_duty_of_searching_the.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Duty</b> of Searching the Scriptures</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>Duty</b> of Searching the Scriptures. John 5:39 " "Search the Scriptures." <b>...</b><br> First, Show, that it is every one's <b>duty</b> to search them. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the duty of searching the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_6_duty_of_the.htm"><span class="l"><b>Duty</b> of the Historian.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Section 6. <b>Duty</b> of the Historian. The first <b>duty</b> of the historian, which<br> comprehends all others, is fidelity and justice. He must <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 6 duty of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_ix_a_duty_is.htm"><span class="l">A <b>Duty</b> is to be Chosen from what is virtuous...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. Book I. Chapter IX. A <b>duty</b> is to be chosen from what is<br> virtuous? <b>...</b> This treatise on <b>duty</b>, therefore, will not be superfluous. 27. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ix a duty is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/baxter/the_reformed_pastor/section_2_-_the_duty.htm"><span class="l">the <b>Duty</b> of Personal Catechizing and Instructing the Flock <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER 3. APPLICATION SECTION 2 - THE <b>DUTY</b> OF PERSONAL CATECHIZING AND<br> INSTRUCTING THE FLOCK PARTICULARLY RECOMMENDED. Having disclosed <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/section 2 - the duty.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/the_duty_of_remembering_the.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Duty</b> of Remembering the Poor</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>Duty</b> of Remembering the Poor. A Sermon No.99. Delivered on Thursday<br> Evening, September 25th, 1856, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. At <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/the duty of remembering the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_christian_doctrine_in_four_books/chapter_6_it_is_the.htm"><span class="l">It is the <b>Duty</b>, Then, of the Interpreter and Teacher of Holy <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book 4 Chapter 6. It is the <b>duty</b>, then, of the interpreter and teacher of<br> Holy Scripture? 6. It is the <b>duty</b>, then, of the interpreter <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 6 it is the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/duty.htm"><span class="l"><b>Duty</b> (90 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman,<br> or a soldier; to be on <b>duty</b>. <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>DUTY</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/duty.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/responsibilities.htm"><span class="l">Responsibilities (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their<br> burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their <b>duty</b> to them <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/responsibilities.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/duties.htm"><span class="l">Duties (46 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of <b>Duty</b>. Multi-Version Concordance Duties<br> (46 Occurrences). Acts 23:1 Then Paul, fixing a steady <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/duties.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/obligation.htm"><span class="l">Obligation (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract,<br> oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral <b>duty</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/obligation.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/office.htm"><span class="l">Office (64 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or<br> with reference to, others; customary <b>duty</b>, or a <b>duty</b> that arises from the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/office.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/alms.htm"><span class="l">Alms (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 3:2). The Pharisees were very ostentatious in their almsgivings (Matthew<br> 6:2). The spirit by which the Christian ought to be actuated in this <b>duty</b> is set <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/alms.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/service.htm"><span class="l">Service (317 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; <b>duty</b> done<br> or required; office. 5. (n.) Office of devotion; official <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/service.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/obligations.htm"><span class="l">Obligations (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Timothy 4:5 But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live<br> a self-indulgent life, but do the <b>duty</b> of an evangelist and fully discharge <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/obligations.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/discharge.htm"><span class="l">Discharge (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 9. (vt) To throw off the obligation of, as a <b>duty</b> or debt; to relieve one's self<br> of, by fulfilling conditions, performing <b>duty</b>, trust, and the like; hence, to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/discharge.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/neglect.htm"><span class="l">Neglect (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's <b>duty</b> in<br> regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/neglect.htm - 12k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/jury-duty.html">How should a Christian respond to jury duty? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/pastors-wife-duty-role.html">What is the duty / role of a pastor's wife? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/deontology.html">What is deontological ethics / deontology? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/duty.htm">Duty: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Duty (90 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm">Matthew 3:15</a></span><br />"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious <span class="boldtext">duty</span>." Then he consented;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/6-12.htm">Matthew 6:12</a></span><br />and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their <span class="boldtext">duty</span> towards us;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/17-25.htm">Matthew 17:25</a></span><br />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?"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-27.htm">Matthew 25:27</a></span><br />Your <span class="boldtext">duty</span> then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/13-34.htm">Mark 13:34</a></span><br />It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special <span class="boldtext">duty</span>--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-8.htm">Luke 1:8</a></span><br />Now while he was doing priestly <span class="boldtext">duty</span> before God in the prescribed course of his class,<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/2-49.htm">Luke 2:49</a></span><br />"Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to be engaged upon my Father's business?" <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-4.htm">Luke 11:4</a></span><br />and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/13-4.htm">Luke 13:4</a></span><br />Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their <span class="boldtext">duty</span> more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-10.htm">Luke 17:10</a></span><br />Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say,'We are unworthy servants. We have done our <span class="boldtext">duty</span>.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/13-14.htm">John 13:14</a></span><br />If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to wash one another's feet.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-16.htm">John 18:16</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm">Acts 6:3</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/12-6.htm">Acts 12:6</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> outside the door.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/20-22.htm">Acts 20:22</a></span><br />"And now, impelled by a sense of <span class="boldtext">duty</span>, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/20-24.htm">Acts 20:24</a></span><br />But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/23-1.htm">Acts 23:1</a></span><br />Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/26-9.htm">Acts 26:9</a></span><br />"I myself, however, thought it a <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-1.htm">Romans 15:1</a></span><br />As for us who are strong, our <span class="boldtext">duty</span> is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a></span><br />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)<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-27.htm">Romans 15:27</a></span><br />It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their <span class="boldtext">duty</span> is also to minister unto them in carnal things.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/15-28.htm">Romans 15:28</a></span><br />So after discharging this <span class="boldtext">duty</span>, 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;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-3.htm">1 Corinthians 7:3</a></span><br />Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1</a></span><br />Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian <span class="boldtext">duty</span>, for it is a duty.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/6-7.htm">Ephesians 6:7</a></span><br />With right good will, be faithful to your <span class="boldtext">duty</span> as service rendered to the Lord and not to man.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/4-4.htm">Colossians 4:4</a></span><br />Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to do.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:7</a></span><br />For you yourselves know that it is your <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to follow our example. There was no disorder in our lives among you,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-13.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:13</a></span><br />But you, brethren, must not grow weary in the path of <span class="boldtext">duty</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm">1 Timothy 5:4</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-4.htm">2 Timothy 2:4</a></span><br />No soldier on <span class="boldtext">duty</span> entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">2 Timothy 4:5</a></span><br />But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live a self-indulgent life, but do the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of an evangelist and fully discharge the obligations of your office.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/2-19.htm">1 Peter 2:19</a></span><br />For it is an acceptable thing with God, if, from a sense of <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to Him, a man patiently submits to wrong, when treated unjustly.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Genesis 38:8</a></span><br />Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/1-16.htm">Exodus 1:16</a></span><br />and he said, "When you perform the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Exodus 21:10</a></span><br />If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of marriage, shall he not diminish.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/3-25.htm">Numbers 3:25</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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,<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/3-31.htm">Numbers 3:31</a></span><br />Their <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/3-36.htm">Numbers 3:36</a></span><br />The appointed <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/3-38.htm">Numbers 3:38</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/4-16.htm">Numbers 4:16</a></span><br />"The <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/4-27.htm">Numbers 4:27</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> to them in all their responsibilities.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/4-28.htm">Numbers 4:28</a></span><br />This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their <span class="boldtext">duty</span> shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. <br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Numbers 4:31</a></span><br />This is the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/4-32.htm">Numbers 4:32</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of their burden.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Numbers 8:26</a></span><br />but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the <span class="boldtext">duty</span>, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/18-3.htm">Numbers 18:3</a></span><br />They shall keep your commands, and the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/18-5.htm">Numbers 18:5</a></span><br />"You shall perform the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the sanctuary, and the duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-30.htm">Numbers 31:30</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the tabernacle of Yahweh."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-47.htm">Numbers 31:47</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the tabernacle of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-5.htm">Deuteronomy 24:5</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of a husband's brother to her.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-7.htm">Deuteronomy 25:7</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of a husband's brother to me."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/22-3.htm">Joshua 22:3</a></span><br />You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the commandment of Yahweh your God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-28.htm">1 Kings 4:28</a></span><br />Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his <span class="boldtext">duty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-27.htm">1 Kings 14:27</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">2 Kings 11:5</a></span><br />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;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">2 Kings 11:7</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-9.htm">2 Kings 11:9</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-27.htm">1 Chronicles 9:27</a></span><br />They lodged around the house of God, because that <span class="boldtext">duty</span> was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a></span><br />These are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who lived in the chambers and were<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">1 Chronicles 16:37</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> required;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">1 Chronicles 23:28</a></span><br />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;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-32.htm">1 Chronicles 23:32</a></span><br />and that they should keep the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/24-19.htm">1 Chronicles 24:19</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-1.htm">1 Chronicles 27:1</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm">2 Chronicles 5:13</a></span><br />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,<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm">2 Chronicles 8:13</a></span><br />even as the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-10.htm">2 Chronicles 12:10</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-4.htm">2 Chronicles 23:4</a></span><br />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;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-6.htm">2 Chronicles 23:6</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/23-8.htm">2 Chronicles 23:8</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-16.htm">2 Chronicles 31:16</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Ezra 3:4</a></span><br />They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of every day required;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/4-13.htm">Ezra 4:13</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/4-20.htm">Ezra 4:20</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/7-24.htm">Ezra 7:24</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/10-12.htm">Ezra 10:12</a></span><br />Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so must we do.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Nehemiah 7:3</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-45.htm">Nehemiah 12:45</a></span><br />They performed the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/13-13.htm">Nehemiah 13:13</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/33-23.htm">Job 33:23</a></span><br />If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his <span class="boldtext">duty</span>;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:13</a></span><br />This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of man.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/32-7.htm">Jeremiah 32:7</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-45.htm">Ezekiel 40:45</a></span><br />He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the house;<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-46.htm">Ezekiel 40:46</a></span><br />and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/44-8.htm">Ezekiel 44:8</a></span><br />You have not performed the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/44-14.htm">Ezekiel 44:14</a></span><br />Yet will I make them performers of the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15</a></span><br />But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who performed the <span class="boldtext">duty</span> 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 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