1 Chronicles 23

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

So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel.

2 And he gathered together all the princes 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 were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and 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 and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;

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 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.'

And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

6 And David divided them into courses according to 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: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses 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, Zina, 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 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

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 separated, that he should be sanctified as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before the LORD, to minister unto Him, and to bless 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 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons are named among 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 chief.

Of the sonnes of Gershom was Shebuel the chiefe.

17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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 chief.

The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe.

19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, 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 chief, 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 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.

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 after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

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, hath given rest unto His people, and He dwelleth 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 also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.'

And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.

27 For by the last ordinances of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,

28 For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

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 for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

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 and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,

31 and to offer all burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and in the appointed seasons, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, 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 that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service 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.