1 Chronicles 23

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

Then David, being old and full of days, appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

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

And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests as well as the Levites.

3 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

And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. And there were found thirty-eight thousand men.

4 from these to/for to conduct upon work house: temple LORD twenty and four thousand and official and to judge six thousand

Of these, twenty-four thousand were chosen and distributed to the ministry of the house of the Lord. Then six thousand were overseers and judges.

5 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

Moreover, four thousand were porters. And the same number were the singers of psalms to the Lord, with the musical instruments which he had made for the music.

6 and to divide them David division to/for son: child Levi to/for Gershon Kohath and Merari

And David distributed them into courses according to the sons of Levi, specifically, Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari.

7 to/for Gershonite Ladan and Shimei

The sons of Gershom: Ladan and Shimei.

8 son: child Ladan [the] head: leader Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three

The sons of Ladan: the leader Jahiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the leaders of the families of Ladan.

10 and son: child Shimei Jahath Zizah and Jeush and Beriah these son: child Shimei four

Then the sons of Shimei: Jahath, and Zizah, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei, four.

11 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

Now Jahath was first, Zizah second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, and for this reason they were reckoned as one family and one house.

12 son: child Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four

The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four.

13 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

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Now Aaron was separated so that he might minister in the Holy of Holies, he and his sons forever, and so that he might burn incense to the Lord, according to his rite, and so that he might bless his name in perpetuity.

14 and Moses man [the] God son: child his to call: call by upon tribe [the] Levi

The sons of Moses, the man of God, were also numbered in the tribe of Levi.

15 son: child Moses Gershom and Eliezer

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

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

The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.

17 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]

Now the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the first. And there were no other sons for Eliezer. But the sons of Rehabiah were multiplied exceedingly.

18 son: child Izhar Shelomith [the] head: leader

The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.

19 son: child Hebron Jeriah [the] head: leader Amariah [the] second Jahaziel [the] third and Jekameam [the] fourth

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

20 son: child Uzziel Micah [the] head: leader and Isshiah [the] second

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, Isshiah the second.

21 son: child Merari Mahli and Mushi son: child Mahli Eleazar and Kish

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

22 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

Then Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. And so the sons of Kish, their brothers, married them.

23 son: child Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth three

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

24 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]

These are the sons of Levi, in their kindred and families, leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord, from twenty years of age and upward.

25 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

For David said: “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem even unto eternity.

26 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

Neither shall it be the office of the Levites any more to carry the tabernacle with all its equipment for use in the ministry.”

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

Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward.

28 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

And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron, in the care of the house of the Lord, in the vestibule, 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 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

But the priests shall be over the bread of the presence, and the sacrifice of fine wheat flour, and the unleavened cakes, and the frying pan, and the roasting, and over every weight and measure.

30 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

Yet truly, the Levites shall stand to confess and to sing to the Lord, in the morning, and similarly in the evening,

31 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

as much in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the Sabbaths and new moons and other solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies for each and every matter, perpetually before the Lord.

32 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

And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the rituals of the sanctuary, and the observance of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, so that they may minister in the house of the Lord.