< 1 Chronicles 23 >
1 And David he was old and he was satisfied days and he made king Solomon son his over Israel.
Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2 And he gathered all [the] leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 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.
And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 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.
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
5 And four thousand gatekeepers and four thousand [those] praising Yahweh with instruments which I made to praise.
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
6 And he divided them David divisions. [the] sons of Levi to Gershon Kohath and Merari.
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonite[s] Ladan and Shimei.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 [the] sons of Ladan the chief Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
9 [the] sons of Shimei (Shelomith *Q(K)*) and Haziel and Haran three these [were] [the] heads of the fathers of Ladan.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 And [the] sons of Shimei Jahath Zina and Jeush and Beriah these [were] [the] sons of Shimei four.
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
11 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.
Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
12 [the] sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 [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.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
14 And Moses [the] man of God descendants his they were named on [the] tribe of the Levite[s].
And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
15 [the] sons of Moses Gershom and Eliezer.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 [the] sons of Gershom Shebuel the chief.
The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
17 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.
And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
18 [the] sons of Izhar Shelomith the chief.
The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
19 [the] sons of Hebron Jeriah the chief Amariah the second Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 [the] sons of Uzziel Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.
The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
21 [the] sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi [the] sons of Mahli Eleazar and Kish.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 And he died Eleazar and not they belonged to him sons that except daughters and they took them [the] sons of Kish relatives their.
And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23 [the] sons of Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth three.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
24 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.
These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
25 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.
For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
26 And also to the Levites there not [is] to carry the tabernacle and all articles its for service its.
And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
27 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.
So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
28 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.
Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
29 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.
The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
30 And to stand in the morning in the morning to give thanks and to praise Yahweh and thus to the evening.
They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
31 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.
At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
32 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.
And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.