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I Chronicles
Chapter 23
1
So when David was old and full of days,
he
made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,
with
the priests and the Levites.
3
Now the Levites were numbered
from
the age of thirty years and upward.
And
their number by their polls, man by man,
was
thirty and eight thousand.
4
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward
the
work of the house of Jehovah/God.
And six thousand were officers and judges:
5 Moreover four thousand were porters.
And
four thousand praised Jehovah/God
with
the instruments which I made,
said
David, to praise therewith.
6
And David divided them into courses
among
the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
8
The sons of Laadan, the chief were Jehiel,
and
Zetham, and Joel . . . three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran . . . three.
These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10
And the sons of Shimei were,
Jahath,
Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second.
But Jeush and Beriah had not many sons.
Therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
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 Jehovah/God,
to
minister unto Him,
and
to bless in His name . . . forever.
14
Now concerning Moses, the man of God,
his
sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom . . . Shebuel was the chief.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were . . . Rehabiah the chief.
And Eliezer had no other sons.
But the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of the sons of Izhar . . .Shelomith the chief.
19
Of the sons of Hebron . . . Jeriah the first,
Amariah
the second,
Jahaziel
the third,
and
Jekameam the fourth.
20
Of the sons of Uzziel . . . Micah the first,
and
Jesiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari . . . Mahli, and Mushi.
The sons of Mahli . . . Eleazar, and Kish.
22
And Eleazar died,
and
had no sons, but daughters.
And their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them.
23 The sons of Mushi . . . Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth . . . three.
24
These were the sons of Levi
after
the house of their fathers . . .
even
the chief of the fathers,
as
they were counted by number of names by their polls,
who
did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah/God,
from
the age of twenty years and upward.
25
For David said,
"Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel
has
given rest unto His people,
that
they may dwell in prosperity in Jerusalem forever:
26
And also unto the Levites,
they
shall no more carry the tabernacle,
nor
any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27
For by the last words of David
the
Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above.
28
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron
for
the service of the house of Jehovah/God,
in
the courts,
and
in the chambers,
and
in the purifying of all holy things,
and
the work of the service of the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
29
Both for the shewbread,
and
for the fine flour for meat offering,
and
for the unleavened cakes,
and
for that which is baked in the pan,
and
for that which is fried,
and
for all manner of measure and size.
30
And to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah/God,
and
likewise at evening.
31
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto Jehovah/God
in
the Sabbaths,
in
the new moons,
and
on the set feasts, by number,
according
to the order commanded unto them,
continually
before Jehovah/God.
32
And that they should keep the charge
of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
and
the charge of the holy place,
and
the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren,
in
the service of the house of Jehovah/God.
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