1 Chronicles 23

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

Now 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 leaders 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

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

David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; 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

four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."

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

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

7 to/for Gershonite Ladan and Shimei

Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

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

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, 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 heads of the ancestral houses of Ladan.

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

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

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.

12 son: child Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four

The sons of Kohath: Amram, 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; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

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

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

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]

The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; 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 Izhar: Shelomoth the chief.

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

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, 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 chief, and 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

Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.

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

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

Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all 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 the sons of Levi were numbered, 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 office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, 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,

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

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;

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 the LORD, and likewise 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

and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually 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 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 the LORD.