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1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
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3 So when Dovid was old and full of days, he made Sh’lomo bno Melech Yisroel.
2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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And he gathered together all the sarim of Yisroel, with the Kohanim and the Levi’im.
3 And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
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Now the Levi’im were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their gulgelot (totals, head count), gevarim (men), was thirty and eight elef.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority
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Of which, twenty and four elef were to look after the work of the Beis Hashem; and six alafim were shoterim (officials) and shofetim (judges);
5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
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Moreover four alafim were sho’arim (gatekeepers); and four alafim praised Hashem with the kelim (instruments) which I made, said Dovid, to praise therewith.
6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And Dovid divided them into divisions among the Bnei Levi, namely, Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
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Of the Gershoni were La’dan, and Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
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The Bnei La’dan; the rosh was Yechiel, and Zetam, and Yoel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.
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The Bnei Shimei; Shlomit, and Chaziel, and Haran, three. These were the rashei avot of La’dan.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.
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And the Bnei Shimei were Yachat, Zina, and Yeush, and Beriah. These four were the Bnei Shimei.
11 Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
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And Yachat was rosh, and Zizah the second; but Yeush and Beriah had not many banim; therefore they were in pekudah echad (one reckoning), according to their bais av.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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The Bnei Kehat; Amram, Yitzhar, Chevron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.
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The Bnei Amram; Aharon and Moshe; Aharon was separated, to set him apart as Kodesh Kodashim, he and his banim ad olam, to burn offerings before Hashem, to minister unto Him, and to bless b’Shmo ad olam.
14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi
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Now concerning Moshe the Ish HaElohim, his banim were reckoned of the Shevet Levi.
15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
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The Bnei Moshe were Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.
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Of the Bnei Gershom, Shevuel was the rosh.
17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.
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And the Bnei Eliezer were Rechavyah the rosh. And Eliezer had no banim acharim; but the Bnei Rechavyah were very many.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.
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Of the Bnei Yitzhar: Shlomit the rosh.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth
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Of the Bnei Chevron: Yeriyahu the first, Amaryah the seond, Yachziel the third, and Yekam’am the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.
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Of the Bnei Uzziel: Michah the first and Yishiyah the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish
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The Bnei Merari: Machli, and Mushi. The Bnei Machli; Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
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And Eleazar died, and had no banim, only banot, and their brethren the Bnei Kish took them as wives.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
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The Bnei Mushi; Machli, and Eder, and Yeremot, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
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These were the Bnei Levi after the bais avoteihem; even the rashei avot, as they were counted by number of shmot by their head count, that did the work for the avodas Beis Hashem, from the age of twenty shanah and upward.
25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
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For Dovid said, Hashem Elohei Yisroel hath given rest unto His people, that they may dwell in Yerushalayim ad l’olam;
26 And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
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And also unto the Levi’im; they shall no more carry the Mishkan, nor any kelim (vessels) of it for the avodah thereof.
27 So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
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According to the last instructions of Dovid the Bnei Levi were numbered from those twenty shanah and above;
28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,
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Because their ma’amad (position) was to wait on the Bnei Aharon for the avodas Beis Hashem, in the khatzerot, and in the rooms, and in the tahorat (cleansing) of kol kodesh, and the work of the avodas Beis HaElohim;
29 The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;
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Both for the Lechem HaMa’arechet (showbread), and for the solet (flour) for minchah, and for the cakes of matzot, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is scalded, and for all manner of measure and size;
30 They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
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And to stand baboker baboker to thank and praise Hashem, and likewise at erev (evening);
31 At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord;
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And to offer all olot (burnt offerings) unto Hashem on Shabbatot, at Rosh Chodesh, and at mo’adim, according to their number ordained for them, tamid before Hashem;
32 And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
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And that they should be shomer to keep the mishmeret (watch, guard responsibility) of the Ohel Mo’ed and the mishmeret of the Kodesh, and the mishmeret of the Bnei Aharon their brethren, in the avodas Beis Hashem.
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