Now David{H1732} was old{H2204} and full{H7646} of days;{H3117} and he made Solomon{H8010} his son{H1121} king{H4427} over Israel.{H3478}

And he gathered together{H622} all the princes{H8269} of Israel,{H3478} with the priests{H3548} and the Levites.{H3881}

And the Levites{H3881} were numbered{H5608} from thirty{H7970} years{H1121} old and upward:{H4605} and their number{H4557} by their polls,{H1538} man{H1397} by man,{H1397} was thirty{H7970} and eight{H8083} thousand.{H505}

Of these,{H428} twenty{H6242} and four{H702} thousand{H505} were to oversee{H5329} the work{H4399} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah;{H3068} and six{H8337} thousand{H505} were officers{H7860} and judges;{H8199}

and four{H702} thousand{H505} were doorkeepers;{H7778} and four{H702} thousand{H505} praised{H1984} Jehovah{H3068} with the instruments{H3627} which I made,{H6213} [said David], to praise{H1984} therewith.

And David{H1732} divided{H2505} them into courses{H4256} according to the sons{H1121} of Levi:{H3878} Gershon,{H1648} Kohath,{H6955} and Merari.{H4847}

Of the Gershonites:{H1649} Ladan{H3936} and Shimei.{H8096}

The sons{H1121} of Ladan:{H3936} Jehiel{H3171} the chief,{H7218} and Zetham,{H2241} and Joel,{H3100} three.{H7969}

The sons{H1121} of Shimei:{H8096} Shelomoth,{H8019} and Haziel,{H2381} and Haran,{H2039} three.{H7969} These were the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of Ladan.{H3936}

And the sons{H1121} of Shimei:{H8096} Jahath,{H3189} Zina,{H2126} and Jeush,{H3266} and Beriah.{H1283} These four{H702} were the sons{H1121} of Shimei.{H8096}

And Jahath{H3189} was the chief,{H7218} and Zizah{H2125} the second:{H8145} but Jeush{H3266} and Beriah{H1283} had not many{H7235} sons;{H1121} therefore they became a fathers'{H1} house{H1004} in one{H259} reckoning.{H6486}

The sons{H1121} of Kohath:{H6955} Amram,{H6019} Izhar,{H3324} Hebron,{H2275} and Uzziel,{H5816} four.{H702}

The sons{H1121} of Amram:{H6019} Aaron{H175} and Moses;{H4872} and Aaron{H175} was separated,{H914} that he should sanctify{H6942} the most{H6944} holy things,{H6944} he and his sons,{H1121} for{H5704} ever,{H5769} to burn incense{H6999} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} to minister{H8334} unto him, and to bless{H1288} in his name,{H8034} for{H5704} ever.{H5769}

But as for Moses{H4872} the man{H376} of God,{H430} his sons{H1121} were named{H7121} among the tribe{H7626} of Levi.{H3878}

The sons{H1121} of Moses:{H4872} Gershom{H1647} and Eliezer.{H461}

The sons{H1121} of Gershom:{H1647} Shebuel{H7619} the chief.{H7218}

And the sons{H1121} of Eliezer{H461} were: Rehabiah{H7345} the chief;{H7218} and Eliezer{H461} had no other{H312} sons;{H1121} but the sons{H1121} of Rehabiah{H7345} were very{H4605} many.{H7235}

The sons{H1121} of Izhar:{H3324} Shelomith{H8019} the chief.{H7218}

The sons{H1121} of Hebron:{H2275} Jeriah{H3404} the chief,{H7218} Amariah{H568} the second,{H8145} Jahaziel{H3166} the third,{H7992} and Jekameam{H3360} the fourth.{H7243}

The sons{H1121} of Uzziel:{H5816} Micah{H4318} the chief,{H7218} and Isshiah{H3449} the second.{H8145}

The sons{H1121} of Merari:{H4847} Mahli{H4249} and Mushi.{H4187} The sons{H1121} of Mahli:{H4249} Eleazar{H499} and Kish.{H7027}

And Eleazar{H499} died,{H4191} and had no sons,{H1121} but daughters{H1323} only: and their brethren{H251} the sons{H1121} of Kish{H7027} took{H5375} them [to wife].

The sons{H1121} of Mushi:{H4187} Mahli,{H4249} and Eder,{H5740} and Jeremoth,{H3406} three.{H7969}

These were the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878} after their fathers'{H1} houses,{H1004} even the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of those of them that were counted,{H6485} in the number{H4557} of names{H8034} by their polls,{H1538} who did{H6213} the work{H4399} for the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} from twenty{H6242} years{H1121} old{H1121} and upward.{H4605}

For David{H1732} said,{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath given rest{H5117} unto his people;{H5971} and he dwelleth{H7931} in Jerusalem{H3389} for ever:{H5769}

and also the Levites{H3881} shall no more have need to carry{H5375} the tabernacle{H4908} and all the vessels{H3627} of it for the service{H5656} thereof.

For by the last{H314} words{H1697} of David{H1732} the sons of Levi{H3881} were numbered,{H4557} from twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward.{H4605}

For their office{H4612} was to wait{H3027} on the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} for the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} in the courts,{H2691} and in the chambers,{H3957} and in the purifying{H2893} of all holy things,{H6944} even the work{H4639} of the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of God;{H430}

for the showbread{H3899} also, and for the fine flour{H5560} for a meal-offering,{H4503} whether of unleavened{H4682} wafers,{H7550} or of that which is baked in the pan,{H4227} or of that which is soaked,{H7246} and for all manner of measure{H4884} and size;{H4060}

and to stand{H5975} every morning{H1242} to thank{H3034} and praise{H1984} Jehovah,{H3068} and likewise at even;{H6153}

and to offer{H5927} all burnt-offerings{H5930} unto Jehovah,{H3068} on the sabbaths,{H7676} on the new moons,{H2320} and on the set feasts,{H4150} in number{H4557} according to the ordinance{H4941} concerning them, continually{H8548} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068}

and that they should keep{H8104} the charge{H4931} of the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} and the charge{H4931} of the holy{H6944} place, and the charge{H4931} of the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} their brethren,{H251} for the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}