1 Chronicles 23
1 Now, David, was old, and satisfied with days, —so 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 gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites.
And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards, —and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty-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—to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand, —and officers and judges, six thousand;
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, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which [said David] I made for offering praise.
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, —pertaining to the sons of Levi, to 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, the chief Jehiel, and Zetham and Joel, three.
The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, and Zetham and Ioel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei, Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three, —these, were the ancestral chiefs 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, were the sons of Shimei, four.
Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was chief, and Zizah the second, —but, Jeush and Beriah, had not many sons, so they became an ancestral house, by 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, to hallow the holy of holies, he and his sons, unto times age-abiding, to make a perfume before Yahweh, to be in attendance upon him, and to bless in his name, unto times age-abiding;
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 and, as for Moses, the man of God, his sons, were called unto 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, were Gershom, and Eliezer.
The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,
16 the sons of Gershom, were 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, Jehaziel 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, were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli, were Eleazar and Kish.
The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.
22 But Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only, —and so the sons of Kish their brethren took them.
And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
23 The sons of Mushi, were Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth, three.
24 These, were the sons of Levi by their ancestral house, the ancestral chiefs of them who were counted in the number of their names, by their polls, doing the work, for the service of the house of Yahweh, —from twenty years old, and upwards.
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, said David, Yahweh the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, —and hath taken up his habitation in Jerusalem, unto times age-abiding;
For Dauid sayde, The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer.
26 moreover also, as for the Levites, they have no need to bear the habitation, nor any of its vessels in the laborious work thereof.
And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.
27 For, by the last words of David, the same, were the number of the sons of Levi, —from twenty years old, and upwards.
Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,
28 For, their duty, was—to be in attendance upon the sons of Aaron, in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of everything holy, —and doing the laborious work, 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 and for the bread set in array, and for the fine meal for the meal-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, even for that which is baked in a pan, for the moistened food, —even of every 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, morning by morning, to give thanks and offer praise unto Yahweh, —and, likewise, at even;
And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,
31 and for all the offering of ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, —by number, according to the manner prescribed for them continually, before Yahweh; —
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 they shall 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, —in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh.
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.
