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1 Chronicles 23
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
1And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
5Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith].
6And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
8The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
11Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
11And Jahath was the head, and Ziza the second; and Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: as father's house, therefore, they were reckoned as one.
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
14— And as to Moses the man ofGod, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
17And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
17And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second.
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
24These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
25For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
25For David said, Jehovah theGod of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;
26And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
26and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.
27So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
27For by the last words of David was this [done], — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
28Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
28For their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of all holy things, and [for] the work of the service of the house ofGod;
29The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
29and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [what is baked in] the pan, and for that which is saturated [with oil], and for all measure of capacity and size;
30They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
30and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;
31At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
31and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;
32And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
32and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.