1 Chronicles 23

1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

and David be old and to satisfy day and to reign [obj] Solomon son: child his upon Israel

2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

and to gather [obj] all ruler Israel and [the] priest and [the] Levi

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 to recount [the] Levi from son: aged thirty year and above [to] and to be number their to/for head their to/for great man thirty and eight thousand

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;

from these to/for to conduct upon work house: temple LORD twenty and four thousand and official and to judge six thousand

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 four thousand gatekeeper and four thousand to boast: praise to/for LORD in/on/with article/utensil which to make to/for to boast: praise

6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

and to divide them David division to/for son: child Levi to/for Gershon Kohath and Merari

7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

to/for Gershonite Ladan and Shimei

8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.

son: child Ladan [the] head: leader Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three

9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

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10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.

and son: child Shimei Jahath Zizah and Jeush and Beriah these son: child Shimei four

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 to be Jahath [the] head: leader and Zizah [the] second and Jeush and Beriah not to multiply son: child and to be to/for house: household father to/for punishment one

12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

son: child Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four

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.

son: descendant/people Amram Aaron and Moses and to separate Aaron to/for to consecrate: dedicate him holiness holiness he/she/it and son: descendant/people his till forever: enduring to/for to offer: offer to/for face: before LORD to/for to minister him and to/for to bless in/on/with name his till forever: enduring

14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.

and Moses man [the] God son: child his to call: call by upon tribe [the] Levi

15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

son: child Moses Gershom and Eliezer

16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.

son: descendant/people Gershom Shebuel [the] head: leader

17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.

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18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.

son: child Izhar Shelomith [the] head: leader

19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

son: child Hebron Jeriah [the] head: leader Amariah [the] second Jahaziel [the] third and Jekameam [the] fourth

20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.

son: child Uzziel Micah [the] head: leader and Isshiah [the] second

21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

son: child Merari Mahli and Mushi son: child 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 to die Eleazar and not to be to/for him son: child that if: except if: except daughter and to lift: marry them son: child Kish brother: male-relative their

23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.

son: child Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth 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 son: child Levi to/for house: household father their head: leader [the] father to/for to reckon: list their in/on/with number name to/for head their to make: do [the] work to/for service: ministry house: temple LORD from son: aged twenty year and above [to]

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 to say David to rest LORD God Israel to/for people his and to dwell in/on/with Jerusalem till to/for forever: enduring

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 to/for Levi nothing to/for to lift: bear [obj] [the] tabernacle and [obj] all article/utensil his to/for service: ministry his

27 So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.

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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,

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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;

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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 to/for to stand: stand in/on/with morning in/on/with morning to/for to give thanks and to/for to boast: praise to/for LORD and so to/for evening

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/for all to ascend: offer up burnt offering to/for LORD to/for Sabbath to/for month: new moon and to/for meeting: festival in/on/with number like/as justice: rule upon them continually to/for face: before 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 to keep: obey [obj] charge tent meeting and [obj] charge [the] holiness and charge son: descendant/people Aaron brother: male-relative their to/for service: ministry house: temple LORD