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Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the chief.
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Of the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth
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Of the sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish
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And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them as wives.
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The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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These were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their heads, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
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For David said, "The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever";
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and also unto the Levites, "They shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof."
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above,
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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,