1 Chronicles 23
1WHEN David was old and full of days, and had made Solomon his son king over Israel
2in his stead, then he assembled all the chiefs of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,
3and the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards; and the number of them by their poll, amounted to thirty-eight thousand men.
4Of these, twenty-four thousand were for the works for the house of the Lord; and six thousand were scribes and judges;
5and four thousand were guards of the gates, and four thousand were to praise the Lord with musical instruments, which he had made for praising the Lord.
6And David distributed them into daily classes, under the heads of Gerson, Kaath and Merari, the sons of Levi.
7Now to Gerson belonged Edan and Semei;
8the sons of Edan were chief Jeiel, and Zethan and Joel, three:
9the sons of Semei were Salomith, Jeiel and Dan, three. Those were the chiefs of the families of the Edanites;
10but the Semeites had also Jeth and Ziza, and Joas and Beria; these four were sons of Semei,
11and Jeth was the chief and Ziza the second, and Joas and Beria not having many children were comprehended in one muster, for a house of a family.
12And the sons of Kaath were Ambram, Issaar, Chebron, Oziel; four.
13The sons of Ambram were Aaron and Moses. Now Aaron was set apart for the sanctification of the most holy things, he and his sons, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister in the priest’s office, and to bless in His name forever.
14But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were classed in the tribe of Levi.
15The sons of Moses were Gersam and Eliezer.
16Of the Gersamites, Subael was chief,
17and of the Eliezerites, Rabia was chief. Now Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were increased to a multitude.
18The sons of Issaar were Salomith the chief.
19The sons of Chebron were Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
20The sons of Oziel were Micha the chief and Isia the second.
21The sons of Merari were Mooli and Mousi. The sons of Mooli were Eleazar and Kis.
22Now Eleazar died, and left no sons, but only daughters. So the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23The sons of Mousi were Mouli and Eder and Jerimoth, three.
24These are the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their patriarchal families. The chiefs of these families, according to the review of them, according to the number of their names were polled to perform the works of the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upwards.
25For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given His people rest and fixed His abode in Jerusalem forever.
26So the Levites, not having to carry the tabernacle and all the utensils thereof for its service,
27for this cause by these last orders of David, the Levites are numbered from twenty years old and upwards,
28for he set them under the superintendance of Aaron to serve in the house of the Lord, over the courts and over the storehouses and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the work of the service of the house of God,
29and for the shewbread, and for the fine flour of the sacrifice and for the unleavened cakes, and for the frying pan, and the mixed sacrifice, and for all kinds of measuring,
30and to stand every morning to sing praises, and give thanks to the Lord, and the same every evening:
31and to have charge of all the offerings of homage made to the Lord, on the sabbaths and at the new moons, and at the festivals according to the number, and according to the rule prescribed for them, continually for the Lord.
32And they are to keep the watch of the tabernacle of the testimony, and to guard the sanctuary, and to guard the sons of Aaron, their brethren, that they may minister as priests, in the house of the Lord.