1Chronicles:23

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* So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes , he made Salomon his sonne King ouer Israel . * And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites . * And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue , and their nomber according to their summe was eight &amp ; thirtie thousand men . * Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord , &amp ; sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges . * And foure thousand were porters , and foure thousande praised the Lorde with instruments which he made to praise the Lord . * So Dauid deuided offices vnto them , to wit , to the sonnes of Leui , to Gershon , Kohath , and Merari . * Of the Gershonites were Laadan &amp ; Shimei . * The sonnes of Laadan , the chiefe was Iehiel , and Zetham and Ioel , three . * The Sonnes of Shimei , Shelomith , and Haziel , and Haram , three : these were the chiefe fathers of Laadan . * Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iahath , Zina , Ieush , and Beriah : these foure were ye sonnes of Shimei . * And Iahath was the chiefe , and Zizah the seconde , but Ieush and Beriah had not many sonnes : therfore they were in the families of their father , counted but as one . * The sonnes of Kohath were Amram , Izhar , Hebron aud Vzziel , foure . * The sons of Amram ; Aaron and Moses : and Aaron was separated , that he should (note :)That is , to serve in the most holy place , and to consecrate the holy things .(:note ) 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 . * Now [concerning ] Moses the man of God , his sons were named of the (note :)They were but of the order of the Levites and not of the priests as Aaron 's sons .(:note ) tribe of Levi . * The sonnes of Moses were Gershom , and Eliezer , * Of the sonnes of Gershom was Shebuel the chiefe . * And the sons of Eliezer [were ], Rehabiah the (note :)The scripture calls him chief or first born even though he is alone and there is no one born after him , ( Mat_1:25 ).(:note ) chief . And Eliezer had none other sons ; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many . * The sone of Izhar was Shelomith ye chiefe . * The sonnes of Hebron were Ieriah the first , Amariah the second , Iahaziel the third , and Iekamiam the fourth . * The sones of Vzziel were Michah the first , and Isshiah the second . * The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi . The sonnes of Mahli , Eleazar and Kish . * And Eleazar died , and had no sons , but daughters : and their (note :)Meaning their cousins .(:note ) brethren the sons of Kish took them . * The sonnes of Mushi were Mahli , &amp ; Eder , and Ierimoth , three . * 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 (note :)David chose the Levites twice , first at the age of thirty as in ( 1Ch_23:3 ) and again afterward at twenty as the office required : at the beginning they had no charge in the temple before they were twenty-five years old , and had none after fifty , ( Num_4:3 ).(:note ) twenty years and upward . * For Dauid sayde , The Lord God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his people , that they may dwell in Ierusalem for euer . * And also the Leuites shall no more beare the Tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof . * Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid , the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue , * 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 (note :)In washing and cleansing all the holy vessels .(:note ) purifying of all holy things , and the work of the service of the house of God ; * Both for the shewbread , and for the fine floure , for the meate offring , and for the vnleauened cakes , and for the fryed things , and for that which was rosted , and for all measures and cise , * And for to stand euery morning , to giue thanks &amp ; praise to the Lorde , &amp ; likewise at euen , * And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lorde , in the Sabbaths , in the moneths , and at the appointed times , according to the nomber and according to their custome continually before the Lorde , * And that they should keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation , and the charge of ye holy place , &amp ; the charge of ye sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the seruice of ye house of the Lord .

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