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1 Chronicles 23
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Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
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Bible in Basic English · 1949
1David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
2And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.
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.
4Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.
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;
5Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.
5Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
6And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.
6And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
8The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
9The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
11And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.
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.
12The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever.
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.
14The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi.
14And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.
17And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.
17And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
21The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cis.
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.
22And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
24These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.
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.
25For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.
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;
26And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.
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.
27So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
27So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
28And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.
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,
29And the priests have the charge of the loaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure.
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;
30And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening,
30They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
31As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.
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;
32And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.
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.