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          DASV: 1 Chronicles 23    

1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 David gathered together all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and Levites.
3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and older and their total came to 38,000 men.
4 "Of these, 24,000," David said, "were to oversee the work of the temple of the LORD; and 6,000 were officials and judges.
5 4,000 were gatekeepers; and 4,000 praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for the purpose of praise."

6 David divided them into groups according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 From the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham and Joel, three in all.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, therefore they were counted as a single family with only one assigned duty.

12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four in all.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart so that he and his descendants could consecrate the most holy things forever, to make offerings before the LORD, to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were included as part of the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
17 The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were numerous.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.

21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three in all.
24 These were the sons of Levi after their ancestoral families, even the heads of the families of those who were counted individually, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and up.
25 For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he has taken up residence in Jerusalem forever.
26 Now the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

27 For by the final instructions of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and up.
28 For their job was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and other duties in the service of the house of God.
29 They were to assist also with the bread set on the table, and with the fine flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baked offering, mixing in the olive oil, and all the measuring of quantity and size.
30 They were to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and also in the evening
31 and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD, on Sabbaths, on new moons, and at the designated feasts, according to the set number required by ordinance concerning them, regularly before the LORD.
32 So the Levites were in charge of the tent of meeting and the holy place, under the supervision of the descendants of Aaron their kinsmen, for the service at the house of the LORD.

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