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Chapter 23 |
| 1 | So when David
was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. |
| 2 |
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the
Levites. |
| 3
| Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty
years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and
eight thousand. |
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4 | Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set
forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and
judges: |
| 5 |
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised
the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise
therewith. |
| 6
| And David divided them into courses among the sons of
Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
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7 | Of the Gershonites were,
Laadan, and Shimei. |
| 8 | The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and
Zetham, and Joel, three. |
| 9 | The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel,
and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. |
| 10 |
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four
were the sons of Shimei. |
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11 | And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah
the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one
reckoning, according to their father's house. |
| 12 | The sons of
Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. |
| 13 | The sons of
Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the
most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to
minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. |
| 14 | Now
concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of
Levi. |
| 15 |
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. |
| 16 | Of
the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. |
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17 | And the sons of Eliezer
were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of
Rehabiah were very many. |
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18 | Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the
chief. |
| 19
| Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the
second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. |
| 20 | Of the sons
of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. |
| 21 | The sons of
Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. |
| 22 | And
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of
Kish took them. |
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23 | The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth,
three. |
| 24
| These were the sons of Levi after the house of their
fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names
by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD,
from the age of twenty years and upward. |
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25 | For David said, The LORD
God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem
for ever: |
| 26
| And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the
tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. |
| 27 | For by
the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and
above: |
| 28
| Because 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 chambers, and
in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house
of God; |
| 29
| Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat
offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan,
and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; |
| 30 |
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at
even: |
| 31 |
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the
sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the
order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD: |
| 32 | And that
they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the
charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren,
in the service of the house of the LORD. |
