1Chronicles:23:2-32
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And he gathered together all the princes of Israel ,
with the priests and the Levites .
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward :
and their number by their polls ,
man by man ,
was thirty and eight thousand .
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Of which ,
twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD ;
and six thousand were officers and judges :
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Moreover four thousand were porters ;
and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made ,
said David ,
to praise therewith .
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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi ,
namely ,
Gershon ,
Kohath ,
and Merari .
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Of the Gershonites were ,
Laadan ,
and Shimei .
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The sons of Laadan ;
the chief was Jehiel ,
and Zetham ,
and Joel ,
three .
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The sons of Shimei ;
Shelomith ,
and Haziel ,
and Haran ,
three .
These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan .
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And the sons of Shimei were ,
Jahath ,
Zina ,
and Jeush ,
and Beriah .
These four were the sons of Shimei .
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And Jahath was the chief ,
and Zizah the second :
but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons ;
therefore they were in one reckoning ,
according to their father '
s house .
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The sons of Kohath ;
Amram ,
Izhar ,
Hebron ,
and Uzziel ,
four .
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The sons of Amram ;
Aaron and Moses :
and Aaron was separated ,
that he should sanctify the most holy things ,
he and his sons for ever ,
to burn incense before the LORD ,
to minister unto him ,
and to bless in his name for ever .
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Now concerning Moses the man of God ,
his sons were named of the tribe of Levi .
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The sons of Moses were ,
Gershom ,
and Eliezer .
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Of the sons of Gershom ,
Shebuel was the chief .
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And the sons of Eliezer were ,
Rehabiah the chief .
And Eliezer had none other sons ;
but the sons of Rehabiah were very many .
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Of the sons of Izhar ;
Shelomith the chief .
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Of the sons of Hebron ;
Jeriah the first ,
Amariah the second ,
Jahaziel the third ,
and Jekameam the fourth .
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Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Michah the first ,
and Jesiah the second .
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The sons of Merari ;
Mahli ,
and Mushi .
The sons of Mahli ;
Eleazar ,
and Kish .
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And Eleazar died ,
and had no sons ,
but daughters :
and their brethren the sons of Kish took them .
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The sons of Mushi ;
Mahli ,
and Eder ,
and Jeremoth ,
three .
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These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers ;
even the chief of the fathers ,
as they were counted by number of names by their polls ,
that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD ,
from the age of twenty years and upward .
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For David said ,
The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people ,
that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever :
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And also unto the Levites ;
they shall no more carry the tabernacle ,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof .
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above :
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Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD ,
in the courts ,
and in the chambers ,
and in the purifying of all holy things ,
and the work of the service of the house of God ;
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Both for the shewbread ,
and for the fine flour for meat offering ,
and for the unleavened cakes ,
and for that which is baked in the pan ,
and for that which is fried ,
and for all manner of measure and size ;
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And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD ,
and likewise at even ;
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And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths ,
in the new moons ,
and on the set feasts ,
by number ,
according to the order commanded unto them ,
continually before the LORD :
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And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and the charge of the holy place ,
and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren ,
in the service of the house of the LORD .