1 Chronicles 23:5-15

5 porro quattuor milia ianitores et totidem psaltae canentes Domino in organis quae fecerat ad canendum

6 et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi Gersom videlicet et Caath et Merari

7 Gersom Leedan et Semei

8 filii Leedan princeps Ieihel et Zetham et Iohel tres

9 filii Semei Salomith et Ozihel et Aran tres isti principes familiarum Leedan

10 porro filii Semei Ieeth et Ziza et Iaus et Baria isti filii Semei quattuor

11 erat autem Ieeth prior Ziza secundus porro Iaus et Baria non habuerunt plurimos filios et idcirco in una familia unaque domo conputati sunt

12 filii Caath Amram et Isaar Hebron et Ozihel quattuor

13 filii Amram Aaron et Moses separatusque est Aaron ut ministraret in sancto sanctorum ipse et filii eius in sempiternum et adoleret incensum Domino secundum ritum suum ac benediceret nomini eius in perpetuum

14 Mosi quoque hominis Dei filii adnumerati sunt in tribu Lev

15 filii Mosi Gersom et Eliezer

1 Chronicles 23:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 23

In this chapter David makes Solomon king, 1Ch 23:1, calls together the princes, priests, and Levites, numbers the latter, and assigns them their proper work, 1Ch 23:2-5, divides them into three classes, 1Ch 23:6-23, when the number of them was taken from twenty years of age, and upwards; the reasons of which are given, partly from the rest the land enjoyed, and partly from the several branches of their work and office in the temple, 1Ch 23:24-32.