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    Asaph

    AY-saf

    Meaning

    Collector; Gatherer

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 1 Chronicles

    What it points to

    Asaph — the worship leader who nearly lost his faith over injustice — found his answer in the sanctuary. His psalms teach that the cure for envy and confusion is worship, not analysis.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth...”

    1 Chronicles 16:5

    “When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.”

    Psalm 73:16-17

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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