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Chapter
23
- 23:1
- So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his
son king over Israel.
- 23:2
- And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with
the priests and the Levites.
- 23:3
- 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.
- 23:4
- 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:
- 23:5
- Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised
the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise
therewith.
- 23:6
- And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 23:7
- Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
- 23:8
- The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and
Joel, three.
- 23:9
- The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.
These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
- 23:10
- And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and
Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
- 23:11
- 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.
- 23:12
- The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
- 23:13
- 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.
- 23:14
- Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named
of the tribe of Levi.
- 23:15
- The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
- 23:16
- Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
- 23:17
- And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer
had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
- 23:18
- Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
- 23:19
- Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
- 23:20
- Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
- 23:21
- The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;
Eleazar, and Kish.
- 23:22
- And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their
brethren the sons of Kish took them.
- 23:23
- The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
- 23:24
- 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.
- 23:25
- For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto
his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
- 23:26
- And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
- 23:27
- For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered
from twenty years old and above:
- 23:28
- 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;
- 23:29
- 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;
- 23:30
- And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD,
and likewise at even:
- 23:31
- 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:
- 23:32
- 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.
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