< 1 Chronicles 23 >
1 And David was old and satisfied with days, and he causes his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 and gathers all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
3 and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, for their counted heads, is of thirty-eight thousand mighty men.
And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand [are] to preside over the work of the house of YHWH, and six thousand officers and judges,
Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.
5 and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to YHWH, “with instruments that I made for praising,” [says David.]
Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.
6 And David distributes them into divisions of the sons of Levi—of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.
7 Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.
8 Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel—three.
The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 Sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran—three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.
The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.
10 And sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] the four sons of Shimei.
And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.
11 And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.
12 Sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four.
The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
13 Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the Holy of Holies, he and his sons, for all time, to make incense before YHWH, to serve Him, and to bless in His Name for all time.
The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.
14 As for Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.
The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi.
15 Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:
16 Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.
17 And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.
And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.
18 Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.
19 Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
20 Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah the second.
The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
21 Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cia.
22 And Eleazar dies, and he had no sons, but daughters, and their brothers, sons of Kish, take them.
And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.
23 Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth—three.
The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
24 These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their counted heads, doing the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from a son of twenty years and upward,
These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.
25 for David said, “YHWH, God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem for all time”;
For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.
26 and also of the Levites, “None [are] to carry the Dwelling Place and all its vessels for its service”;
And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.
27 for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
28 for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of YHWH, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God,
And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
29 and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is stirred, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;
And the priests have the charge of the leaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure.
30 and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to YHWH, and so at evening;
And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening,
31 and for all the burnt-offerings—burnt-offerings to YHWH for Sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed times, by number, according to the ordinance on them continually, before YHWH.
As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.
32 And they have kept the charge of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of their brothers, the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of YHWH.
And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.