Solomon Reigns
1 Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
Offices of the Levites
3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000.
4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000wereofficers and judges,
5 and 4,000weregatekeepers, and 4,000werepraising the Lordwith the instruments which David made for giving praise.
6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Gershonites
7 Of the GershoniteswereLadan and Shimei.
8 The sons of LadanwereJehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three.
9 The sons of ShimeiwereShelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’householdsof Ladan.
10 The sons of ShimeiwereJahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These fourwerethe sons of Shimei.
11 Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father’s household, one class.
Kohathites
12 The sons of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
13 The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.
14 Butas forMoses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of MoseswereGershom and Eliezer.
16 The son of GershomwasShebuel the chief.
17 The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.
19 The sons of HebronwereJeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sons of UzzielwereMicah the first and Isshiah the second.
Merarites
21 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of MahliwereEleazar and Kish.
22 Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took themas wives.
23 The sons of Mushiwerethree: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth.
Duties Revised
24 These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households,eventhe heads of the fathers’householdsof those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
25 For David said, “The LordGod of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.
26 Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”
27 For by the last words of David the sons of Leviwerenumbered from twenty years old and upward.
28 For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the Lord, 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 and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, orwhat is baked inthe pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size.
30 They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,
31 and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the numbersetby the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord.
32 Thus they are to keep charge of the tent of meeting, and charge of the holy place, and charge of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of the Lord.
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