1 Chronicles 23 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Solomon Reigns

1Ch 23:1

1Ch 23:1When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1Ch 23:2

1Ch 23:2David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.

Offices of the Levites

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1Ch 23:3The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was thirty-eight thousand men.

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1Ch 23:4"Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, six thousand shall be officers and judges,

1Ch 23:5

1Ch 23:5four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments which I have made for praise."

1Ch 23:6

1Ch 23:6And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i.

Gershonites

1Ch 23:7

1Ch 23:7The sons of Gersham were Ladan and Shim'e-i.

1Ch 23:8

1Ch 23:8The sons of Ladan: Jehi'el the chief, and Zetham, and Jo'el, three.

1Ch 23:9

1Ch 23:9The sons of Shim'e-i: Shelo'moth, Ha'zi-el, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.

1Ch 23:10

1Ch 23:10And the sons of Shim'e-i: Jahath, Zina, and Je'ush, and Beri'ah. These four were the sons of Shim'e-i.

1Ch 23:11

1Ch 23:11Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je'ush and Beri'ah had not many sons, therefore they became a father's house in one reckoning.

Kohathites

1Ch 23:12

1Ch 23:12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel, four.

1Ch 23:13

1Ch 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to consecrate the most holy things, that he and his sons for ever should burn incense before the LORD, and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name for ever.

1Ch 23:14

1Ch 23:14But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi.

1Ch 23:15

1Ch 23:15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Elie'zer.

1Ch 23:16

1Ch 23:16The sons of Gershom: Sheb'uel the chief.

1Ch 23:17

1Ch 23:17The sons of Elie'zer: Rehabi'ah the chief; Elie'zer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabi'ah were very many.

1Ch 23:18

1Ch 23:18The sons of Izhar: Shelo'mith the chief.

1Ch 23:19

1Ch 23:19The sons of Hebron: Jeri'ah the chief, Amari'ah the second, Jaha'ziel the third, and Jekame'am the fourth.

1Ch 23:20

1Ch 23:20The sons of Uz'ziel: Micah the chief and Isshi'ah the second.

Merarites

1Ch 23:21

1Ch 23:21The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Elea'zar and Kish.

1Ch 23:22

1Ch 23:22Elea'zar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.

1Ch 23:23

1Ch 23:23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jer'emoth, three.

Duties Revised

1Ch 23:24

1Ch 23:24These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, the heads of fathers' houses as they were registered according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

1Ch 23:25

1Ch 23:25For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has given peace to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem for ever.

1Ch 23:26

1Ch 23:26And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service"--

1Ch 23:27

1Ch 23:27for by the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward--

1Ch 23:28

1Ch 23:28"but their duty shall be to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God;

1Ch 23:29

1Ch 23:29to assist also with the showbread, the flour for the cereal offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.

1Ch 23:30

1Ch 23:30And they shall stand every morning, thanking and praising the LORD, and likewise at evening,

1Ch 23:31

1Ch 23:31and whenever burnt offerings are offered to the LORD on sabbaths, new moons, and feast days, according to the number required of them, continually before the LORD.

1Ch 23:32

1Ch 23:32Thus they shall keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and shall attend the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD."

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