23So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.H1732H2204H7646H3117H8010H1121H4427H3478 2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.H622H8269H3478H3548H3881 3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.H3881H5608H1121H7970H8141H4605H4557H1538H1397H7970H8083H505 4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges,H428H6242H702H505H5329H4399H1004H3068H8337H505H7860H8199 5four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, "which I made," said David, "for giving praise."H702H505H7778H702H505H1984H3068H3627H6213H1984 6Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.H1732H2505H4256H1121H3878H1648H6955H4847 7Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.H1649H3936H8096 8The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all.H1121H3936H7218H3171H2241H3100H7969 9The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Laadan.H1121H8096H8019H8013H2381H2039H7969H7218H1H3936 10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.H1121H8096H3189H2126H3266H1283H702H1121H8096 11Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father's house.H3189H7218H2125H8145H3266H1283H7235H1121H259H6486H1H1004 12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.H1121H6955H6019H3324H2275H5816H702 13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.H1121H6019H175H4872H175H914H6942H6944H6944H1121H5704H5769H6999H6440H3068H8334H1288H8034H5704H5769 14Now the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.H4872H376H430H1121H7121H7626H3878 15The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.H1121H4872H1647H461 16Of the sons of Gershon, Shebuel was the first.H1121H1647H7619H7218 17Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.H1121H461H7345H7218H461H312H1121H1121H7345H4605H7235 18Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.H1121H3324H8019H7218 19Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.H1121H2275H3404H7218H568H8145H3166H7992H3360H7243 20Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.H1121H5816H4318H7218H3449H8145 21The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.H1121H4847H4249H4187H1121H4249H499H7027 22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.H499H4191H1121H1323H251H1121H7027H5375 23The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.H1121H4187H4249H5740H3406H7969 24These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses—the heads of the fathers' houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.H1121H3878H1004H1H7218H1H6485H4557H8034H1538H6213H4399H5656H1004H3068H1121H6242H8141H4605 25For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever";H1732H559H3068H430H3478H5117H5971H7931H3389H5769 26and also to the Levites, "They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service."H3881H5375H4908H3627H5656 27For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;H314H1697H1732H3881H4557H6242H8141H1121H4605 28because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,H4612H3027H1121H175H5656H1004H3068H2691H3957H2893H6944H4639H5656H1004H430 29both with the showbread and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;H3899H4635H5560H4503H4682H7550H4227H7246H4884H4060 30to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening;H5975H1242H3034H1984H3068H6153 31and at every presentation of a burnt offering to the LORD on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the set feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly before the LORD;H5927H5930H3068H7676H2320H4150H4557H4941H8548H6440H3068 32and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the LORD.H8104H4931H168H4150H4931H6944H4931H1121H175H251H5656H1004H3068
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