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New American Standard Bible 1995

1When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

1Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

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

2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

3The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.

3The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000.

4David said, "Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD's temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

4Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 were officers and judges,

54,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I supplied for worship."

5and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

6David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.

7Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.

8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the oldest, Zetham, and Joel--three in all.

8The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three.

9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the leaders of the family of Ladan.

9The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan.

10The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei's sons--four in all.

10The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

11Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.

11Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one class.

12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel--four in all.

12The sons of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to serve him, and to praise his name.

13The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.

14The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

14But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

15The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

16The son of Gershom: Shebuel the oldest.

16The son of Gershom was Shebuel the chief.

17The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.

17The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

18The son of Izhar: Shelomith the oldest.

18The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

19The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second.

20The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

21The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.

22Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them.

22Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth--three in all.

23The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth.

24These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD's temple and were twenty years old and up.

24These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' households, even the heads of the fathers' households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

25For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

25For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

26So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service."

26"Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service."

27According to David's final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

28Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the LORD's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.

28For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

29They also took care of the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring.

29and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size.

30They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the LORD. They also did this in the evening

30They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the LORD, and likewise at evening,

31and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the LORD on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the LORD regularly in accordance with regulations.

31and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD.

32They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the LORD's temple.

32Thus they are to keep charge of the tent of meeting, and charge of the holy place, and charge of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of the LORD.

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