23:1 And
David
is
old,
and
satisfied
with
days,
and
causeth
his
son
Solomon
to
reign
over
Israel,
23:2 and
gathereth
all
the
heads
of
Israel,
and
the
priests,
and
the
Levites;
23:3 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.
23:4 Of
these
to
preside
over
the
work
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
[are]
twenty
and
four
thousand,
and
officers
and
judges
six
thousand,
23:5 and
four
thousand
gatekeepers,
and
four
thousand
giving
praise
to
Jehovah,
`with
instruments
that
I
made
for
praising,'
[saith
David.]
23:6 And
David
distributeth
them
into
courses:
Of
the
sons
of
Levi:
of
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
23:7 Of
the
Gershonite:
Laadan
and
Shimei.
23:8 Sons
of
Laadan:
the
head
[is]
Jehiel,
and
Zetham,
and
Joel,
three.
23:9 Sons
of
Shimei
[are]
Shelomith,
and
Haziel,
and
Haran,
three;
these
[are]
heads
of
the
fathers
of
Laadan.
23:10 And
sons
of
Shimei
[are]
Jahath,
Zina,
and
Jeush,
and
Beriah;
these
[are]
sons
of
Shimei,
four.
23:11 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.
23:12 Sons
of
Kohath
[are]
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel,
four.
23:13 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.
23:14 As
to
Moses,
the
man
of
God,
his
sons
are
called
after
the
tribe
of
Levi.
23:15 Sons
of
Moses:
Gershom
and
Eliezer.
23:16 Sons
of
Gershom:
Shebuel
the
head.
23:17 And
sons
of
Eliezer
are
Rehabiah
the
head,
and
Eliezer
had
no
other
sons,
and
the
sons
of
Rehabiah
have
multiplied
exceedingly.
23:18 Sons
of
Izhar:
Shelomith
the
head.
23:19 Sons
of
Hebron:
Jeriah
the
head,
Amariah
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third,
and
Jekameam
the
fourth.
23:20 Sons
of
Uzziel:
Micah
the
head,
and
Ishshiah,
the
second.
23:21 Sons
of
Merari:
Mahli
and
Mushi;
sons
of
Mahli:
Eleazar
and
Kish.
23:22 And
Eleazar
dieth,
and
he
had
no
sons,
but
daughters,
and
sons
of
Kish
their
brethren
take
them.
23:23 Sons
of
Mushi:
Mahli,
and
Eder,
and
Jerimoth,
three.
23:24 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,
23:25 for
David
said,
`Jehovah,
God
of
Israel,
hath
given
rest
to
His
people,
and
He
doth
tabernacle
in
Jerusalem
unto
the
age;'
23:26 and
also
of
the
Levites,
`None
[are]
to
bear
the
tabernacle
and
all
its
vessels
for
its
service;'
23:27 for
by
the
last
words
of
David
they
[took]
the
number
of
the
sons
of
Levi
from
a
son
of
twenty
years
and
upward,
23:28 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,
23:29 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;
23:30 and
to
stand,
morning
by
morning,
to
give
thanks,
and
to
give
praise
to
Jehovah,
and
so
at
evening;
23:31 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.
23:32 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.
