1 Chronicles 23 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Solomon Reigns

1Ch 23:1And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,

1Ch 23:2and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;

Offices of the Levites

1Ch 23:3and 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.

1Ch 23:4

1Ch 23:4Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah are twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,

1Ch 23:5

1Ch 23:5and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.

1Ch 23:6

1Ch 23:6And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Gershonites

1Ch 23:7

1Ch 23:7Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.

1Ch 23:8

1Ch 23:8Sons of Laadan: the head is Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

1Ch 23:9

1Ch 23:9Sons of Shimei are Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these are heads of the fathers of Laadan.

1Ch 23:10

1Ch 23:10And sons of Shimei are Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these are sons of Shimei, four.

1Ch 23:11

1Ch 23:11And 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.

Kohathites

1Ch 23:12

1Ch 23:12Sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1Ch 23:13

1Ch 23:13Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons -- unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name -- unto the age.

1Ch 23:14

1Ch 23:14As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.

1Ch 23:15

1Ch 23:15Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

1Ch 23:16

1Ch 23:16Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.

1Ch 23:17

1Ch 23:17And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.

1Ch 23:18

1Ch 23:18Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.

1Ch 23:19

1Ch 23:19Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1Ch 23:20

1Ch 23:20Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.

Merarites

1Ch 23:21

1Ch 23:21Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

1Ch 23:22

1Ch 23:22And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.

1Ch 23:23

1Ch 23:23Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

Duties Revised

1Ch 23:24

1Ch 23:24These 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 Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward,

1Ch 23:25

1Ch 23:25for David said, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'

1Ch 23:26

1Ch 23:26and also of the Levites, 'None are to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;'

1Ch 23:27

1Ch 23:27for by the last words of David they took the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

1Ch 23:28

1Ch 23:28for their station is at 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 cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God,

1Ch 23:29

1Ch 23:29and 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;

1Ch 23:30

1Ch 23:30and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening;

1Ch 23:31

1Ch 23:31and for all the burnt-offerings -- burnt-offerings to Jehovah for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Jehovah.

1Ch 23:32

1Ch 23:32And 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 Jehovah.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.