1 Chronicles 23

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

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

2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

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

3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, 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 David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of YHWH; six thousand were officers and judges;

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 doorkeepers; and four thousand praised YHWH with the instruments which I made, 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 David divided them into divisions according to 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 ancestral houses of Ladan.

son: child Shimei (Shelomoth *Q(K)*) and Haziel and Haran three these head: leader [the] father to/for Ladan

10 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 did not have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

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 separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before YHWH, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

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 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among 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: Shubael the chief.

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

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

and to be son: descendant/people Eliezer Rehabiah [the] head: leader and not to be to/for Eliezer son: child another and son: child Rehabiah to multiply to/for above [to]

18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomoth the chief.

son: child Izhar Shelomith [the] head: leader

19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, 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 chief, 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 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers 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 after their fathers' houses, even the heads of ancestral houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who do the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from twenty years old and upward.

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, "YHWH, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

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 Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

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

for in/on/with word David [the] last they(masc.) number son: aged Levi from son: aged twenty year and to/for above [to]

28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of YHWH, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God's house,

for office their to/for hand: to son: descendant/people Aaron to/for service: ministry house: temple LORD upon [the] court and upon [the] chamber and upon purifying to/for all holiness and deed: work service: ministry house: temple [the] God

29 involving the show bread, the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all kinds of measure and size;

and to/for food: bread [the] row and to/for fine flour to/for offering and to/for flatbread [the] unleavened bread and to/for griddle and to/for to stir and to/for all capacity and measure

30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise YHWH, and likewise in the 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 and to offer all burnt offerings to YHWH, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before YHWH;

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 that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of YHWH.

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