1 Chronicles 23
1 Therfor Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynede Salomon, his sone, kyng on Israel.
And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2 And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes;
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
3 and the dekenes weren noumbrid fro twenti yeer and aboue, and eiyte and thretti thousynde of men weren foundun.
And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
4 And foure and twenty thousynde men weren chosun of hem, and weren departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheli of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousynde;
Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six thousand scribes and judges;
5 forsothe foure thousynde `porteris weren, and so many syngeris, syngynge to the Lord in orguns, whiche Dauid hadde maad for to synge.
and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
6 And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary.
And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
7 And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye.
And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
8 The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel.
The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren the princes of the meynees of Leedan.
The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan.
10 Forsothe the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei.
And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei.
11 Sotheli Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; forsothe Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oon hows.
And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father.
12 The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel.
The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
13 The sones of Amram weren Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron was departid, that he schulde mynystre in the hooli thing of hooli thingis, he and hise sones with outen ende, and to brenne encense to the Lord bi his custom, and to blesse his name with outen ende.
The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.
14 Also the sones of Moyses, man of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy.
And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15 The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Elieser.
The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
16 The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firste.
The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
17 Sotheli the sones of Eliezer weren Roboya the firste, and othere sones weren not to Eliezer; forsothe the sones of Roboia weren multipliede ful miche.
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly multiplied.
18 The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste.
The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
19 The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe.
The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
20 The sones of Oziel; `Mycha the firste, Jesia the secounde.
The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
21 The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. The sones of Mooli weren Eleazar, and Cys.
The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
22 Sotheli Eleazar was deed, and hadde not sones, but douytris; and the sones of Cys, the britheren of hem, weddiden hem.
And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23 The sones of Musi weren thre, Mooli, and Heder, and Jerymuth.
The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
24 These weren the sones of Leuy in her kynredis and meynees, prynces bi whilis, and noumbre of alle heedis, that diden the trauel of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, fro twenti yeer and aboue.
These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
25 For Dauid seide, The Lord God of Israel hath youe reste to his puple, and a dwellyng in Jerusalem til in to with outen ende;
For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
26 and it schal not be the office of dekenes for to bere more the tabernacle, and alle vessels therof for to mynystre.
And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
27 Also bi the laste comaundementis of Dauid the noumbre of the sones of Leuy schulen be rikened fro twenti yeer and aboue;
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
28 and thei schulen be vndir the hond of the sones of Aaron in to the worschipe of the hows of the Lord, in porchis, and in chaumbris, and in the place of clensyng, and in the seyntuarie, and in alle werkis of the seruyce of the temple of the Lord.
For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
29 Forsothe preestis schulen be ouer the looues of proposicioun, and to the sacrifice of flour, and to the pastis sodun in watir, and to the therf looues, and friyng panne, and to hoot flour, and to seenge, and ouer al weiyte and mesure.
and for the show-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
30 Forsothe the dekenes schulen be, that thei stonde eerli, for to knowleche and synge to the Lord, and lijk maner at euentide,
and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
31 as wel in the offryng of brent sacrifices of the Lord, as in sabatis, and kalendis, and othere solempnytees, bi the noumbre and cerymonyes of eche thing contynueli bifor the Lord;
and [to be] over all the whole burnt offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord.
32 and that thei kepe the obseruaunces of the tabernacle of the boond of pees of the Lord, and the custum of the seyntuarie, and the obseruaunce of the sones of Aaron, her britheren, that thei mynystre in the hows of the Lord.
And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
