1 Chronicles 23
1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel.
2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.
3 And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight and thirtie thousand men.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, and sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges.
5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, and Zetham and Ioel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
The Sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haram, three: these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.
11 Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
And Iahath was the chiefe, and Zizah the seconde, but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes: therfore they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
The sonnes of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron aud Vzziel, foure.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
The sonnes of Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated to sanctifie the most holy place, hee and his sonnes for euer to burne incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to blesse in his Name for euer.
14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
Moses also the man of God, and his children were named with the tribe of Leui.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
Of the sonnes of Gershom was Shebuel the chiefe.
17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
And the sonne of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chiefe: for Eliezer had none other sonnes: but the sonnes of Rehabiah were very many.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
The sones of Vzziel were Michah the first, and Isshiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.
22 And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
These were the sonnes of Leui according to the house of their fathers, euen the chiefe fathers according to their offices, according to the nomber of names and their summe that did the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord from the age of twentie yeeres and aboue.
25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
For Dauid sayde, The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer.
26 And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.
27 So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,
28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
And their office was vnder the hand of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lord in the courtes, and chambers, and in the purifiyng of all holy thinges, and in the worke of the seruice of the house of God,
29 The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine floure, for the meate offring, and for the vnleauened cakes, and for the fryed things, and for that which was rosted, and for all measures and cise,
30 They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,
31 At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lord, in the Sabbaths, in the moneths, and at the appointed times, according to the nomber and according to their custome continually before the Lord,
32 And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of ye holy place, and the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord.
