OET INT FRT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET 1 CHR Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29
OET CH1 23 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
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23 By then David was old and coming to the end of his life, and he made his son Shelomoh king of Yisrael (Israel).[ref]
2 Then David gathered all the Israeli officials and the priests and Levites. 3 Counting the Levite males that were thirty years old and older, they found there were thirty-eight thousand men. 4 David assigned twenty-four thousand of them to supervise the work at Yahweh’s residence, six thousand to be officials and judges, 5 four thousand to be gatekeepers, and four thousand to praise Yahweh using the musical instruments that he’d provided.
6 So David divided the Levites into divisions according to their ancestry through Levi’s sons Gereshon, Kohat, and Merari.
23:7 The Gershonim
7 The Gershonim included Laedan and Shimei. 8 Laedan’s three sons were: Yehiel (the oldest), Zetam, and Yoel (Joel). 9 Shimei’s[fn] three sons were: Shelomot, Haziel, and Haran. (They were leaders of Laedan’s clans.) 10 Shimei’s four sons were: Yahat, Zina,[fn] Ye’ush, and Beriah. 11 (Yahat was the head, and Zizah was second. Ye’ush and Beriah were grouped together as one family unit because they didn’t have many descendants.)
The Kohatites
12 Kohat’s four sons were: Amram, Yitshar, Hevron, and Uziel. 13 Amram’s sons were Aharon (Aaron) and Mosheh (Moses). Aharon and his future male descendants were permanently appointed to consecrate the most sacred things, to burn incense, to minister to Yahweh, and to bless his name.[ref] 14 Mosheh was known as a man who served God, and his descendants were included with the other Levites. 15 Mosheh’s sons were Gereshom and Eliezer. 16 Gereshom’s eldest son was Shevuel. 17 Eliezer’s only son was Rehavyah, but Rehavyah went on to have many sons.
18 Yitshar’s eldest son was Shelomot. 19 Hevron’s sons from oldest to youngest were: Yeriyah, Amaryah, Yahaziel, and Yekameam. 20 Uziel’s sons were Mikah and Yishiyah.
The Merarim
21 Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi, and Mahli’s sons were Eleazar and Kish. 22 Eleazar died without having any sons, so his brother Kish’s sons married his daughters (to continue the family name). 23 Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Yerimot.
24 Those were Levi’s descendants by their clans and their appointments, who did the work of serving in Yahweh’s residence once they reached twenty years old, 25 because David had said, “Yisrael’s (Israel’s) god Yahweh has given peace to his people, and he’ll now live forever in Yerushalem (Jerusalem), 26 so the Levites won’t need to carry the sacred tent anymore, along with all its equipment.”[ref] 27 So one of David’s final instructions had been to count the Levite men who were twenty years old and over, 28 because their work was to assist Aharon’s (Aaron’s) descendants in their work in Yahweh’s residence.[ref] They were in charge of the courtyards and siderooms, in charge of the purification ceremonies, and did other work at God’s residence. 29 They were also in charge of the sacred bread, as well as the fine flour for the offering, the wafers of bread without raising agent, the baking pans, and all the measuring and mixing of ingredients.
30 Every morning and every evening the Levites stood and praised Yahweh. 31 They would also do that on the rest days, and at the new moon celebrations and during the other religious festivals. There were regulations about how many of them must always be on duty serving Yahweh. 32 They were also in charge of the sacred tent and the holy place, and assisting the priests (their relatives, Aharon’s descendants) in their service at Yahweh’s residence.
23:9 Possibly the wrong name got into the Hebrew here, because it disagrees with v10.
23:10 Some ancient translations have Zizah here, which would seem to fit better with v11.
23:9 OSHB variant note: שלמות: (x-qere) ’שְׁלוֹמִ֧ית’: lemma=8019 a morph=HNp id=13UFD שְׁלוֹמִ֧ית
OET 1 CHR Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29