1 Chronicles 23 — DRA
23Verse 1And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.Verse 2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.Verse 3And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.Verse 4Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.Verse 5Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.Verse 6And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.Verse 7The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.Verse 8The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.Verse 9The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.Verse 10And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.Verse 11And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.Verse 12The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.Verse 13The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.Verse 14The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi.Verse 15The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:Verse 16The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.Verse 17And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.Verse 18The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.Verse 19The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.Verse 20The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.Verse 21The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cia.Verse 22And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.Verse 23The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.Verse 24These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.Verse 25For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.Verse 26And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.Verse 27So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.Verse 28And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.Verse 29And the priests have the charge of the leaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure.Verse 30And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening,Verse 31As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.Verse 32And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.