1Chronicles 23
23WHEN DAVID was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.H1732H2204H7646H3117H8010H1121H4427H34782David assembled all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and Levites.H622H8269H3478H3548H38813The Levites thirty years old and upward numbered, man by man, 38,000,H3881H5608H1121H7970H8141H4605H4557H1538H1397H7970H8083H5054Of whom 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord and 6,000 were to be officers and judges.H428H6242H702H505H5329H4399H1004H3068H8337H505H7860H81995And, said David, 4,000 shall be gatekeepers and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments which I made for praise.H702H505H7778H702H505H1984H3068H3627H6213H19846And David organized them in sections according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1732H2505H4256H1121H3878H1648H6955H48477Of the Gershonites: Ladan (Libni) and Shimei.H1649H3936H80968The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel--three in all.H1121H3936H7218H3171H2241H3100H79699The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.H1121H8096H8019H8013H2381H2039H7969H7218H1H393610And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina (Zizah), Jeush, and Beriah. Of these four sons of Shimei,H1121H8096H3189H2126H3266H1283H702H1121H809611Jahath was chief and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons [not enough for a father's house or clan]; so they were counted together as one father's house.H3189H7218H2125H8145H3266H1283H7235H1121H259H6486H1H100412The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel--four in all.H1121H6955H6019H3324H2275H5816H70213The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy {and} to consecrate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever might burn incense before the Lord, minister to Him, and bless in His name [and the character which that name denotes] forever.H1121H6019H175H4872H175H914H6942H6944H6944H1121H5704H5769H6999H6440H3068H8334H1288H8034H5704H576914But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi.H4872H376H430H1121H7121H7626H387815The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.H1121H4872H1647H46116The son of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.H1121H1647H7619H721817The son of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah's sons were very many.H1121H461H7345H7218H461H312H1121H1121H7345H4605H723518The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the chief.H1121H3324H8019H721819The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.H1121H2275H3404H7218H568H8145H3166H7992H3360H724320The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second.H1121H5816H4318H7218H3449H814521The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.H1121H4847H4249H4187H1121H4249H499H702722Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, and their kinsmen, sons of Kish, took them as wives.H499H4191H1121H1323H251H1121H7027H537523The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth--three in all.H1121H4187H4249H5740H3406H796924These were the Levites by their fathers' houses, the heads of the fathers' houses of those registered, according to the number of names of the individuals who were the servants of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.H1121H3878H1004H1H7218H1H6485H4557H8034H1538H6213H4399H5656H1004H3068H1121H6242H8141H460525For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel has given peace {and} rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.H1732H559H3068H430H3478H5117H5971H7931H3389H576926So the Levites no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.H3881H5375H4908H3627H565627For by the last words {and} acts of David, these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and above.H314H1697H1732H3881H4557H6242H8141H1121H460528But their duty should be to wait on [the priests] the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, caring for the courts, the chambers, the cleansing of all holy things, and any work of the service of God's house,H4612H3027H1121H175H5656H1004H3068H2691H3957H2893H6944H4639H5656H1004H43029For the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a cereal offering, whether of unleavened wafers or of what is baked on the griddle or soaked [in oil], and for all measuring of amount and size [as the Law of Moses required].H3899H4635H5560H4503H4682H7550H4227H7246H4884H406030They are also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,H5975H1242H3034H1984H3068H615331And to assist in offering all burnt sacrifices to the Lord on Sabbaths, New Moon festivals, and set feast days by number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord.H5927H5930H3068H7676H2320H4150H4557H4941H8548H6440H306832So they shall keep charge of the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place and shall attend to the sons of Aaron their kinsmen, for the service of the house of the Lord.H8104H4931H168H4150H4931H6944H4931H1121H175H251H5656H1004H3068
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