So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
WhatsApp
Copy
1 Chronicles 23
Listen to the Word
Initializing audio...
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
WhatsApp
Copy
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
WhatsApp
Copy
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
WhatsApp
Copy
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
WhatsApp
Copy
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
WhatsApp
Copy
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
WhatsApp
Copy
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
WhatsApp
Copy
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
WhatsApp
Copy
Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
WhatsApp
Copy
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
WhatsApp
Copy
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
WhatsApp
Copy
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
WhatsApp
Copy
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
WhatsApp
Copy
Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
WhatsApp
Copy
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
WhatsApp
Copy
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
WhatsApp
Copy
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
WhatsApp
Copy
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
WhatsApp
Copy
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
WhatsApp
Copy
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
WhatsApp
Copy
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
WhatsApp
Copy
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
WhatsApp
Copy
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even:
WhatsApp
Copy
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
WhatsApp
Copy
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
WhatsApp
Copy
