1 Chronicles 23

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

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

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

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and 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 thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

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 to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers 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

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David, ] to praise [therewith].

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

And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 to/for Gershonite Ladan and Shimei

Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.

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

The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, 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: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.

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

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.

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

And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.

12 son: child Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, 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. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.

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

— And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of 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 head.

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]

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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

— The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head.

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

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

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

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah 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

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took 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 were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old 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, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;

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

and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.

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]

For by the last words of David was this [done], — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old 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

For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and [for] the work of the service of the house of God;

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

and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [what is baked in] the pan, and for that which is saturated [with oil], and for all measure of capacity and size;

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

and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;

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

and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;

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 they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.