the Levites

Numbers 18:21-25
Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. . . .

Deuteronomy 12:17-19
Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts. . . .

Luke 10:1-8
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:12, 13
But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction. . . .

kept the charge

Numbers 31:30
From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD."

Psalm 134:1
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

Isaiah 56:10, 11
Israel's watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. . . .