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1 Chronicles 23

23 When David had become a very old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king over Israel.

2 David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. 3 He commanded his officials to count the Levites individually who were at least 30 years old. They found out that there were 38,000 such men. 4 Then David said, “I want 24,000 of those Levites to work at the temple of Yahweh, and I want 6,000 of them to be officials and judges. 5 I want 4,000 of them to take turns guarding the gates. And I want 4,000 of them to praise Yahweh using the musical instruments that I have had my workers make for that purpose.”

6 David divided the Levites into three groups, based on which son of Levi was their ancestor, Gershon, Kohath, or Merari.

7 The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.

8 Ladan had three sons: first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel.

9 Shimei had three sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.

They were leaders of the clans of Ladan.

10 Shimei’s four sons were Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah.

11 Jahath was the firstborn son. Ziza was the second son.

Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so the officers counted their descendants together as one clan.

12 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

13 Amram’s sons were Aaron and Moses.

Yahweh chose Aaron and his descendants alone as the ones who would always work in the most holy area. He chose them to offer sacrifices to him, to serve him as his priests, and to praise him continually.

14 As for Moses, even though he was a special servant of God, his descendants were Levites, not priests.

15 Moses’ sons were Gershom and Eliezer.

16 The firstborn son of Gershom was Shubael.

17 Eliezer’s firstborn son was Rehabiah.

Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.

18 Izhar’s firstborn son was Shelomith.

19 Hebron had four sons.

Jeriah was his firstborn son, Amariah was his second son, Jahaziel was his third son, and Jekameam was his fourth son.

20 Uzziel had two sons.

Micah was the older son, and Isshiah was the younger son.

21 Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi.

Mahli’s sons were Eleazar and Kish.

22 Eleazar died without having sons. He only had daughters. Their cousins, Kish’s sons, married them.

23 Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

24 When the officials counted the Levites individually, they grouped them according to the clans of the Levites that had these ancestors. They assigned various duties related to the work in the temple to each clan. In the end, they counted Levites who were 20 years old or older. 25 That was because David said, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, has made our lives peaceful. He will always be present in a special way in Jerusalem. 26 As a result, the Levites no longer need to carry the sacred tent and all the items that the priests used in the work there.” 27 David said that shortly before he died. As a result, his officials counted Levites who were at least 20 years old since younger men could now help with the work.

28 The Levites helped the priests, the descendants of Aaron, in their work in Yahweh’s sanctuary. They took care of the courtyards and side rooms of the temple. They performed the ceremonies for purifying the sacred articles. They did other work at the sanctuary as necessary. 29 They also prepared the loaves of bread that the priests placed on the table in the temple each week. They prepared the flour for the grain offerings, and they prepared the wafers that had no yeast. They baked these items, and they mixed olive oil into any offerings that required it. They made sure that the offerings contained the quantities that the law required. 30 Levites also stood at the temple each morning and evening and sang songs to thank and praise Yahweh. 31 They also did that whenever the priests offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the Sabbath, at the New Moon festivals, and at each of the feasts that the law commanded the Israelites to celebrate each year. They did that regularly in Yahweh’s presence.

32 So the Levites took care of the special tent that David had set up for the sacred chest. They helped their relatives, the priests, the descendants of Aaron, do their work at this place where the Israelites worshiped Yahweh.

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1 Chronicles 23

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