CLV(i)
1 And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causes his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
2 and gathers all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;"
3 and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of these to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
5 and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Yahweh, `with instruments that I made for praising,' [said David..
6 And David distributes them into courses:Of the sons of Levi:of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonite:Laadan and Shimei.
8 Sons of Laadan:the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four.
11 And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
12 Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 Sons of Amram:Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons--unto the eon, to make perfume before Yahweh, to serve Him, and to bless in His name--unto the eon.
14 As to Moses, the man of Elohim, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.
15 Sons of Moses:Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Sons of Gershom:Shebuel the head.
17 And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.
18 Sons of Izhar:Shelomith the head.
19 Sons of Hebron:Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Sons of Uzziel:Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.
21 Sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli:Eleazar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar dies, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.
23 Sons of Mushi:Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
24 These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from a son of twenty years and upward,
25 for David said, `Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He does tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the eon;.
26 and also of the Levites, `None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;.
27 for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
28 for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of Elohim,
29 and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;"
30 and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Yahweh, and so at evening;"
31 and for all the burnt-offerings--burnt-offerings to Yahweh for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Yahweh.
32 And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
24 1 And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses:sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar,
2 and Nadab dies, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.
3 And David distributes them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service;"
4 and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them:Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight.
5 And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of Elohim, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writes them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites:one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.
7 And the first lot goes out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,
8 for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,
9 for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth,
10 for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,
11 for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,
12 for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,
13 for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth,
14 for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,
15 for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth,
16 for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,
17 for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,
18 for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth.
19 These [are] their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Yahweh, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Yahweh Elohim of Israel, commanded them.
20 And for the sons of Levi who are left:for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael:Jehdeiah.
21 For Rehabiah:for sons of Rehabiah, the head Ishshiah.
22 For the Izharite:Shelomoth; for sons of Shelomoth:Jahath.
23 And sons of Jeriah:Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 Sons of Uzziel:Michah; for sons of Michah:Shamir.
25 A brother of Michah [is] Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah:Zechariah;
26 sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah:Beno;
27 sons of Merari:of Jaaziah:Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 For Mahli:Eleazar, who had no sons;"
29 for Kish:sons of Kish:Jerahmeel.
30 And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers,
31 and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.
25 1 And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service.
2 Of sons of Asaph:Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.
3 Of Jeduthun:sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Yahweh.
4 Of Heman:sons of Heman:Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;"
5 all these [are] sons of Heman--seer of the king in the things of Elohim--to lift up a horn; and Elohim gives to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of Elohim; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 And their number, with their brethren--taught in the song of Yahweh, all who are intelligent--is two hundred, eighty and eight.
8 And they cause to fall lots--charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
9 And the first lot goes out for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;"
10 the third [to] Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
12 the fifth [to] Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
13 the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
14 the seventh [to] Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
15 the eighth [to] Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
16 the ninth [to] Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
17 the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
18 eleventh [to] Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
19 the twelfth [to] Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
20 at the thirteenth [to] Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
21 at the fourteenth [to] Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
22 at the fifteenth [to] Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
23 at the sixteenth [to] Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
24 at the seventeenth [to] Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
25 at the eighteenth [to] Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
26 at the nineteenth [to] Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
27 at the twentieth [to] Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
28 at the one and twentieth [to] Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
29 at the two and twentieth [to] Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
30 at the three and twentieth [to] Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;"
31 at the four and twentieth [to] Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
26 1 For the courses of the gatekeepers:of the Korhites [is] Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;"
2 and to Meshelemiah [are] sons, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 And to Obed-Edom [are] sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for Elohim has blessed him.
6 And to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they [are] mighty of valor.
7 Sons of Shemaiah [are] Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren [are] sons of valor, Elihu and Semachiah,
8 all these [are] of the sons of Obed-Edom; they, and their sons, and their brethren, men of valor with might for service, [are] sixty and two of Obed-Edom.
9 And to Meshelemiah [are] sons and brethren, sons of valor, eighteen;"
10 and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, [are] sons:Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father sets him for head),
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah [are] thirteen.
12 According to these [are] the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones [are] charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Yahweh,
13 and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.
14 And the lot falls eastward to Shelemiah; and [for] Zechariah his son--a counsellor with understanding--they cause to fall lots, and his lot goes out northward.
15 to Obed-Edom southward, and to his sons, the house of the gatherings;"
16 to Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate Shallecheth, in the highway, the ascent, charge over-against charge;"
17 to the east the Levites [are] six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two,
18 at Parbar, to the west, [are] four at the highway, two at Parbar.
19 These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.