1 Chronicles 23

1 And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,

So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel.

2 and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;

And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.

3 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.

And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight and thirtie thousand men.

4 Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,

Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, and sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges.

5 and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.]

And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

6 And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.

Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.

8 Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, and Zetham and Ioel, three.

9 Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.

The Sonnes of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haram, three: these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan.

10 And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four.

Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath, Zina, Ieush, and Beriah: these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei.

11 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.

And Iahath was the chiefe, and Zizah the seconde, but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes: therfore they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.

12 Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

The sonnes of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron aud Vzziel, foure.

13 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.

The sonnes of Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated to sanctifie the most holy place, hee and his sonnes for euer to burne incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to blesse in his Name for euer.

14 As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.

Moses also the man of God, and his children were named with the tribe of Leui.

15 Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

The sonnes of Moses were Gershom, and Eliezer,

16 Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.

Of the sonnes of Gershom was Shebuel the chiefe.

17 And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.

And the sonne of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chiefe: for Eliezer had none other sonnes: but the sonnes of Rehabiah were very many.

18 Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.

The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe.

19 Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the third, and Iekamiam the fourth.

20 Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.

The sones of Vzziel were Michah the first, and Isshiah the second.

21 Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.

22 And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.

And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.

23 Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth, three.

24 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,

These were the sonnes of Leui according to the house of their fathers, euen the chiefe fathers according to their offices, according to the nomber of names and their summe that did the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord from the age of twentie yeeres and aboue.

25 for David said, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'

For Dauid sayde, The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer.

26 and also of the Levites, 'None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;'

And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.

27 for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,

28 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,

And their office was vnder the hand of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lord in the courtes, and chambers, and in the purifiyng of all holy thinges, and in the worke of the seruice of the house of God,

29 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;

Both for the shewbread, and for the fine floure, for the meate offring, and for the vnleauened cakes, and for the fryed things, and for that which was rosted, and for all measures and cise,

30 and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening;

And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,

31 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.

And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lord, in the Sabbaths, in the moneths, and at the appointed times, according to the nomber and according to their custome continually before the Lord,

32 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.

And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of ye holy place, and the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord.