[1] Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king
over Israel. [2] He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the
priests and the Levites. [3] The Levites were numbered from thirty years
old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was
thirty-eight thousand. [4] Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee
the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
[5] and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh
with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith. [6]
David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari. [7] Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. [8] The sons
of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. [9] The sons of
Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of
the fathers` [houses] of Ladan. [10] The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and
Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. [11] Jahath was the
chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn`t have many sons;
therefore they became a fathers` house in one reckoning. [12] The sons of
Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. [13] The sons of Amram:
Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most
holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to
minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever. [14] But as for Moses
the man of God, his sons were named among 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 were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other
sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. [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 daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish
took them [to wife]. [23] The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth,
three. [24] These were the sons of Levi after their fathers` houses, even
the heads of the fathers` [houses] of those of those who were counted, in
the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the
house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward. [25] For David said,
Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in
Jerusalem forever: [26] and also the Levites shall no more have need to
carry the tent and all the vessels of it for the service of it. [27] For by
the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years
old and upward. [28] For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for
the service of the house of Yahweh, 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; [29] for the show bread 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; [30] and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and
likewise at even; [31] and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the
Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to
the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh; [32] 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 brothers, for the
service of the house of Yahweh.
