1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son
king over Israel. 2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with
the priests and the Levites. 3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years
old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight
thousand. 4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the
house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges; 5 and four
thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the
instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6 David
divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan:
Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei:
Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’
houses of Ladan. 10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush,
and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath was the chief,
and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore
they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning. 12 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and
Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things,
he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him,
and to bless in his name, forever. 14 But as for Moses the man of God, his
sons were named among the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and
Eliezer. 16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. 17 The sons of
Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons
of Rehabiah were very many. 18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the
third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief,
and Isshiah the second. 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons
of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. 22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but
daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them to
wife. 23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads
of the fathers’ houses of those of those who were counted, in the
number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house
of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward. 25 For David said, Yahweh,
the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem
forever: 26 and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tent
and all the vessels of it for the service of it. 27 For by the last words
of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
28 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;
29 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering,
whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of
that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size; 30 and to
stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise at even;
31 and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new
moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning
them, continually before Yahweh; 32 and that they should keep the charge
of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of
the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
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