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1 Chronicles 23

New Century Version NCV

1 After David had lived long and was old, he made his son Solomon the new king of Israel.

2 David gathered all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and Levites.

3 He counted the Levites who were thirty years old and older. In all, there were thirty-eight thousand Levites.

4 David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand Levites will direct the work of the Temple of the Lord, six thousand Levites will be officers and judges

5 four thousand Levites will be gatekeepers, and four thousand Levites will praise the Lord with musical instruments I made for giving praise."

6 David separated the Levites into three groups that were led by Levi's three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 From the people of Gershon, there were Ladan and Shimei.

8 Ladan had three sons. His first son was Jehiel, and his other sons were Zetham and Joel.

9 Shimei's sons were Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. These three sons were leaders of Ladan's families.

10 Shimei had four sons: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.

11 Jahath was the first son, and Ziza was the second son. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many children, so they were counted as if they were one family.

12 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

13 Amram's sons were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen to be special forever. They were chosen to prepare the holy things for the Lord's service, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, and to serve him as priests. They were to give blessings in his name forever.

14 Moses was the man of God, and his sons were counted as part of the tribe of Levi

15 Moses' sons were Gershom and Eliezer.

16 Gershom's first son was Shubael.

17 Eliezer's first son was Rehabiah. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons.

18 Izhar's first son was Shelomith.

19 Hebron's first son was Jeriah, his second was Amariah, his third was Jahaziel, and his fourth was Jekameam

20 Uzziel's first son was Micah and his second was Isshiah.

21 Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. Mahli's sons were Eleazar and Kish

22 Eleazar died without sons; he had only daughters. Eleazar's daughters married their cousins, the sons of Kish.

23 Mushi's three sons were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

24 These were Levi's descendants listed by their families. They were the leaders of families. Each person who was twenty years old or older was listed. They served in the Lord's Temple.

25 David had said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people. He has come to live in Jerusalem forever.

26 So the Levites don't need to carry the Holy Tent or any of the things used in its services anymore."

27 David's last instructions were to count the Levites who were twenty years old and older.

28 The Levites had the job of helping Aaron's descendants in the service of the Temple of the Lord. They cared for the Temple courtyard and side rooms, and they made all the holy things pure. Their job was to serve in the Temple of God.

29 They were responsible for putting the holy bread on the table, for the flour in the grain offerings, for the bread made without yeast, for the baking and mixing, and for the measuring.

30 The Levites also stood every morning and gave thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this every evening.

31 The Levites offered all the burnt offerings to the Lord on the special days of rest, at the New Moon festivals, and at all appointed feasts. They served before the Lord every day. They were to follow the rules for how many Levites should serve each time.

32 So the Levites took care of the Meeting Tent and the Holy Place. And they helped their relatives, Aaron's descendants, with the services at the Temple of the Lord.

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 David had now grown old; he had lived many years; so he made Shlomo his son king over Isra'el.

2 Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra'el, with the cohanim and L'vi'im.

3 A census of L'vi'im thirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000.

4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of ADONAI, while 6,000 were officials and judges

5 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 sang praise to ADONAI "with the instruments I made for the purpose of singing praise."

6 David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi - Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.

7 For the Gershuni: La'dan and Shim'i.

8 The sons of La'dan: Yechi'el the chief, Zetam and Yo'el - three.

9 The sons of Shim'i: Shlomit, Hazi'el and Haran - three. These were the heads of the clans of La'dan.

10 The sons of Shim'i: Yachat, Zina Ye'ush and B'ri'ah. These four were the sons of Shim'i.

11 Yachat was the chief and Zizah the second, then Ye'ush and B'ri'ah, who did not have many descendants and were therefore counted as one clan.

12 The sons of K'hat: 'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el - four.

13 The sons of 'Amram: Aharon and Moshe. Aharon was set apart to be consecrated as especially holy, he and his sons forever; so that they might bring offerings before ADONAI, perform the service for him and bless in his name forever.

14 But as for Moshe the man of God, his sons are included with the tribe of Levi

15 The sons of Moshe: Gershom and Eli'ezer.

16 The sons of Gershom: Sh'vu'el the chief.

17 The sons of Eli'ezer were: Rechavyah the chief. Eli'ezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rechavyah were very numerous.

18 The sons of Yitz'har: Shlomit the chief.

19 The sons of Hevron: Yeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Yachzi'el the third and Y'kam'am the fourth

20 The sons of 'Uzi'el: Mikhah the chief and Yishiyah the second.

21 The sons of M'rari: Machli and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El'azar and Kish

22 El'azar died without having sons, but daughters only; their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

23 Mushi had three sons - Machli, 'Eder and Yeremot.

24 These were the descendants of Levi, according to their clans, the heads of clans according to their listing in the register, who did the work for the service of the house of ADONAI, those twenty years old and over.

25 For David said, "ADONAI the God of Isra'el has given rest to his people, and he lives in Yerushalayim forever.

26 The L'vi'im will no longer have to carry the tabernacle and all the equipment that goes with it for its service."

27 For, according to David's last instructions, the descendants of Levi twenty years old and over were to be counted.

28 Their role was to assist the descendants of Aharon with the service of the house of ADONAI in the courtyards and rooms, and with purification of all the holy articles - in other words, with the work needed to minister in the house of God.

29 They were to assist with the showbread and the finely ground flour needed for grain offerings, no matter whether of matzah, pan-baked bread or mixed with oil, and no matter what shape or size.

30 They were to stand every morning to sing thanks and praises to ADONAI, and likewise every evening.

31 They were to be present regularly before ADONAI whenever burnt offerings were offered to ADONAI on Shabbat, at Rosh-Hodesh, and at the other designated times, in the numbers required by the rules for sacrifices.

32 Finally, for the service in the house of ADONAI they were to perform their duties in relation to the tent of meeting, the Holy Place and their kinsmen the descendants of Aharon.