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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 , the [able-bodied ] men , was thirty and eight thousand . * Of these , twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh ; and six thousand were officers and judges ; * and four thousand were doorkeepers ; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made , [said David ], to praise using them . * 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 : Shelomoth , 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 did not have 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 sanctify the most holy things , he and his sons , forever , to burn incense before Yahweh , to minister to him , and to bless in his name , forever . * But as for Moses the man of God , his sons were 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 brothers the sons of Kish took them [as 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 ] of the ones of those who were counted , in the number of names by their polls , who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh , from twenty years old and upward . * For David said , Yahweh , the God of Israel , has given rest to his people ; and he stays in Jerusalem forever : * and also the Levites will no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for its service . * For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered , from twenty years old and upward . * For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh , 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 in the pan , or of that which is soaked , and for all manner of measure and size ; * and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh , and likewise at evening ; * and to offer all burnt-offerings to Yahweh , on the Sabbaths , on the new moons , and on the set feasts , in number according to the ordinance concerning them , continually before Yahweh ; * 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 brothers , for the service of the house of Yahweh .

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