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1st-Chronicles 23:1

Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1st-Chronicles 23:2

And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

1st-Chronicles 23:3

And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

1st-Chronicles 23:4

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;

Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

1st-Chronicles 23:5

Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.

1st-Chronicles 23:6

And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1st-Chronicles 23:7

Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

1st-Chronicles 23:8

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

1st-Chronicles 23:9

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.

1st-Chronicles 23:10

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

1st-Chronicles 23:11

Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

1st-Chronicles 23:12

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1st-Chronicles 23:13

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.

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 Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever.

1st-Chronicles 23:14

And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

1st-Chronicles 23:15

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

1st-Chronicles 23:16

The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.

The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

1st-Chronicles 23:17

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.

And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

1st-Chronicles 23:18

The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.

The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

1st-Chronicles 23:19

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1st-Chronicles 23:20

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

1st-Chronicles 23:21

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

1st-Chronicles 23:22

And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them [to wife].

1st-Chronicles 23:23

The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

1st-Chronicles 23:24

These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.

These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' [houses] of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.

1st-Chronicles 23:25

For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;

For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:

1st-Chronicles 23:26

And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.

and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.

1st-Chronicles 23:27

So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

1st-Chronicles 23:28

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

1st-Chronicles 23:29

The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;

for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

1st-Chronicles 23:30

They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;

and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;

1st-Chronicles 23:31

At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;

and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Jehovah;

1st-Chronicles 23:32

And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.

and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.

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