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1 Chronicles Chapter 23

1Then when David was old and with his fill of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2And he gathered all the officials of Israel, and the priests and the Levites. 3And the Levites were counted, from thirty years old and above, and their number by headcount was thirty-eight thousand men. 4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to superintend the work of the house of the Lord, whereas six thousand were overseers and judges. 5And there were four thousand gatekeepers and four thousand who praised the Lord with instruments, “Which”, David said, “I made for praising.” 6And David assigned them in divisions, according with the sons of Levi – Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 7According with the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei. 8The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the head, and Zetham and Joel – three of them. 9The sons of Shimei were Shelomith and Haziel and Haran – three of them. These were the paternal heads belonging to Ladan. 10The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina and Jeush and Beriah. These sons of Shimei were four in number. 11And Jahath was the head, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, and they became the paternal house of one appointed line. 12The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel – four of them. 13The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated so as to consecrate him for the holy of holies – he and his sons age-abidingly – to burn incense before the Lord, to serve him and to bless in his name age-abidingly. 14And as Moses was a man of God, his sons were called after the tribe of Levi. 15The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. 16The sons of Gershom were Shebuel the head and his line. 17And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the head and his line. Now Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were ever so many. 18The sons of Izhar were Shelomith the head and his line. 19The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekamam the fourth. 20The sons of Uzziel were Micah the head and Jishshiah the second. 21The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish. 22But Eleazar died, and he didn't have any sons, but daughters, and the sons of Kish their brothers took them as wives. 23The sons of Mushi were Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth – three of them. 24Those were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers – the paternal heads by their appointed lines – with the number of names corresponding to their headcount, performing service in the work of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old upwards. 25For David had said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem age-abidingly, 26and also to the Levites because there will be no need to transport the tabernacle and all the equipment for its service.” 27For in the last words of David, the number of the sons of Levi is reckoned from twenty years old and above, 28because their position was as an accessory to the sons of Aaron in the work of the house of the Lord concerning the courtyards and the offices and the purity of all holy equipment, and the work of the service of the house of God, 29including the showbread and the fine flour for the meal-offering, and the thin cakes of unleavened bread, and the baking dish and the stirrer, and for every measure and quantity, 30and to stand every morning to give thanks to and to praise the Lord, and similarly in the evening, 31and to stand for all the offering of burnt offerings to the Lord, on the Sabbaths, the new moons, the festival days, in number according to the ordinance imposed on them, continually before the Lord. 32And they kept guard of the tent of contact and guard of the sanctuary and guard of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, in the work of the house of the Lord.
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