1 Chronicles 23
1 So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel.
And David he was old and he was satisfied days and he made king Solomon son his over Israel.
2 And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.
And he gathered all [the] leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
3 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.
And they were counted the Levites from a son of thirty year[s] and up-wards and it was number their to skulls their to men thirty and eight thousand.
4 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.
From these [are] to act as overseers over [the] work of [the] house of Yahweh twenty and four thousand and officials and judges six thousand.
5 And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
And four thousand gatekeepers and four thousand [those] praising Yahweh with instruments which I made to praise.
6 So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And he divided them David divisions. [the] sons of Levi to Gershon Kohath and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.
Of the Gershonite[s] Ladan and Shimei.
8 The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, and Zetham and Ioel, three.
[the] sons of Ladan the chief Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three.
9 The Sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haram, three: these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan.
[the] sons of Shimei (Shelomith *Q(K)*) and Haziel and Haran three these [were] [the] heads of the fathers of Ladan.
10 Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.
And [the] sons of Shimei Jahath Zina and Jeush and Beriah these [were] [the] sons of Shimei four.
11 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.
And he was Jahath the chief and Zizah the second and Jeush and Beriah not they had many sons and they became a house of a father a group one.
12 The sonnes of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron aud Vzziel, foure.
[the] sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four.
13 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.
[the] sons of Amram Aaron and Moses and he was separated Aaron to consecrate it a holy one of holy ones he and descendants his until perpetuity to make smoke before Yahweh to serve him and to bless in name his until perpetuity.
14 Moses also the man of God, and his children were named with the tribe of Leui.
And Moses [the] man of God descendants his they were named on [the] tribe of the Levite[s].
15 The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,
[the] sons of Moses Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Of the sonnes of Gershom was Shebuel the chiefe.
[the] sons of Gershom Shebuel the chief.
17 And the sonne of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chiefe: for Eliezer had none other sonnes: but the sonnes of Rehabiah were very many.
And they were [the] sons of Eliezer Rehabiah the chief and not it belonged to Eliezer sons other and [the] sons of Rehabiah they were numerous upwards.
18 The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe.
[the] sons of Izhar Shelomith the chief.
19 The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.
[the] sons of Hebron Jeriah the chief Amariah the second Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sones of Vzziel were Michah the first, and Isshiah the second.
[the] sons of Uzziel Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.
21 The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.
[the] sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi [the] sons of Mahli Eleazar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
And he died Eleazar and not they belonged to him sons that except daughters and they took them [the] sons of Kish relatives their.
23 The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth, three.
[the] sons of Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth three.
24 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.
These [were] [the] descendants of Levi to [the] house of ancestors their [the] chiefs of the fathers to [men] enrolled their by number of names to skulls their doer[s] of the work of [the] service of [the] house of Yahweh from a son of twenty year[s] and up-wards.
25 For Dauid sayde, The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer.
For he had said David he has given rest Yahweh [the] God of Israel to people his and he has settled in Jerusalem until for ever.
26 And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.
And also to the Levites there not [is] to carry the tabernacle and all articles its for service its.
27 Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,
For by [the] words of David last they [were] [the] number of [the] descendants of Levi from a son of twenty year[s] and upwards.
28 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,
For function their [was] to [the] side of [the] descendants of Aaron for [the] service of [the] house of Yahweh over the courts and over the store-rooms and over [the] purification of every holy thing and [the] work of [the] service of [the] house of God.
29 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,
And to [the] bread of the row and to fine flour for a grain offering and to [the] wafers of the unleavened bread and to the baked cake and to the mixed [dough] and to every measurement and measurement.
30 And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,
And to stand in the morning in the morning to give thanks and to praise Yahweh and thus to the evening.
31 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,
And to every of ering up of burnt offerings to Yahweh for the sabbaths for the new moons and for the appointed feasts by number according to [the] ordinance on them continually before Yahweh.
32 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.
And they kept [the] duty of [the] tent of meeting and [the] duty of the holy place and [the] duty of [the] descendants of Aaron relatives their for [the] service of [the] house of Yahweh.
