1 Chronicles 23
1 Therfor Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynede Salomon, his sone, kyng on Israel.
And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
2 And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes;
and gathereth all the heads 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 are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.
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 these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
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 gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.]
6 And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary.
And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye.
Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
8 The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel.
Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren the princes of the meynees of Leedan.
Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.
10 Forsothe the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei.
And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four.
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 Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
12 The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel.
Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, 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.
Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons — unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name — unto the age.
14 Also the sones of Moyses, man of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy.
As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.
15 The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Elieser.
Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firste.
Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
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 sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.
18 The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste.
Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
19 The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe.
Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sones of Oziel; `Mycha the firste, Jesia the secounde.
Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.
21 The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. The sones of Mooli weren Eleazar, and Cys.
Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 Sotheli Eleazar was deed, and hadde not sones, but douytris; and the sones of Cys, the britheren of hem, weddiden hem.
And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.
23 The sones of Musi weren thre, Mooli, and Heder, and Jerymuth.
Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, 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] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years 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, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'
26 and it schal not be the office of dekenes for to bere more the tabernacle, and alle vessels therof for to mynystre.
and also of the Levites, 'None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels 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 they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years 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 their station [is] at 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 cleansing of every holy thing, and the work 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 bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] 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, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at 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 for all the burnt-offerings — burnt-offerings to Jehovah for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Jehovah.
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 have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
