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| 1st-Chronicles 23:1 | And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel. | Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:2 | And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. | And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:3 | And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. | 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. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:4 | Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; | 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; |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:5 | and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith]. | Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:6 | And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. | And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:7 | Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei. | Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:8 | The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, 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: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan. | The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:10 | And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei. | And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:11 | And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one. | 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. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:12 | The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. | The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:13 | The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever. | 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. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:14 | And as to Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. | And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:15 | The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. | The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:16 | The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head. | The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:17 | And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. | And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:18 | The sons of Jizhar: Shelomith the head. | The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:19 | The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. | The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:20 | The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second. | The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, 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 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. | And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. |
| 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 according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward. | 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. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:25 | For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever; | 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; |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:26 | and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service. | 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. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:27 | For by the last words of David was this [done], the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward. | So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over. |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:28 | For their place was by 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 purifying of all holy things, and [for] the work of the service of the house of God; | 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, |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:29 | and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [what is baked in] the pan, and for that which is saturated [with oil], and for all measure of capacity and size; | 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; |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:30 | and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even; | They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening; |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:31 | and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah; | 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; |
| 1st-Chronicles 23:32 | and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah. | 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. |
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