1 Chronicles 23
1 And David was old and full of days;
and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2 And he assembled all the chief men
of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
3 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 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 and four thousand
door-keepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he
made to praise the Lord.
6 And David divided them
into daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson,
Caath, and Merari. 7 And for
the family of Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
8 The sons of Edan
were Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel,
and Dan, three: these were the chiefs of the families
of Edan. 10 And to the sons of Semei,
Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these were the
four sons of Semei. 11 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 sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar,
Chebron, Oziel, four. 13 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 And
as for Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned
to the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of
Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer. 16 The
sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
17 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 sons
of Isaar; Salomoth the chief. 19 The
sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third,
Jekemias the fourth. 20 The sons of
Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
21 The sons of Merari; Mooli, and
Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
22 And Eleazar died, and he had no
sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23 The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder,
and Jarimoth, three.
24 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 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 the Levites bore not
the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
27 For by the last words of David was
the number of the Levites taken from twenty years old
and upward. 28 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 and for the shew-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 and to stand in the morning to
praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
31 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 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.