1Chronicles:23

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* Now David was old and full of days ; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel . * And he gathered together all the princes of Israel , with the priests and the Levites . * And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward ; and their number by their polls , man by man , was thirty and eight thousand . * Of these , twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD ; and six thousand were officers and judges ; * and four thousand were doorkeepers ; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith .' * And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi : Gershon , Kohath , and Merari . * Of the Gershonites : Ladan , and Shimei . * The sons of Ladan : Jehiel the chief , and Zetham , and Joel , three . * The sons of Shimei : Shelomith , and Haziel , and Haran , three . These were the heads of the fathers ' houses of Ladan . * And the sons of Shimei : Jahath , Zina , and Jeush , and Beriah . These four were the sons of Shimei . * And Jahath was the chief , and Zizah the second ; but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons ; therefore they became a fathers ' house in one reckoning . * The sons of Kohath : Amram , Izhar , Hebron , and Uzziel , four . * The sons of Amram : Aaron and Moses ; and Aaron was separated , that he should be sanctified as most holy , he and his sons for ever , to offer before the LORD , to minister unto Him , and to bless in His name for ever . * But as for Moses the man of God , his sons are named among the tribe of Levi . * The sons of Moses : Gershom , and Eliezer . * The sons of Gershom : Shebuel the chief . * And the sons of Eliezer were : Rehabiah the chief . And Eliezer had no other sons ; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many . * The sons of Izhar : Shelomith the chief . * The sons of Hebron : Jeriah the chief , Amariah the second , Jahaziel the third , and Jekameam the fourth . * The sons of Uzziel : Micah the chief , and Isshiah the second . * The sons of Merari : Mahli , and Mushi . The sons of Mahli : Eleazar , and Kish . * And Eleazar died , and had no sons , but daughters only ; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife . * The sons of Mushi : Mahli , and Eder , and Jeremoth , three . * These were the sons of Levi after their fathers ' houses , even the heads of the fathers ' houses , according to their muster , in the number of names by their polls , who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD , from twenty years old and upward . * For David said : 'The LORD , the God of Israel , hath given rest unto His people , and He dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever ; * and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof .' * For by the last ordinances of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward . * For their station was at the side of 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 , even the work of the service of the house of God ; * for the showbread also , and for the fine flour for a meal-offering , whether of unleavened wafers , or of that which is baked on the griddle , or of that which is soaked , and for all manner of measure and size ; * and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD , and likewise at even ; * and to offer all burnt-offerings unto the LORD , on the sabbaths , on the new moons , and in the appointed seasons , in number according to the ordinance concerning them , continually , before the LORD ; * and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting , and the charge of the holy place , and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren , for the service of the house of the LORD .

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