1 When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
2 Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
3 The Levites 30 years old or more were counted; the total number of men was 38,000 by headcount.
4 “ Of these,” David said, “24,000 are to be in charge of the work on the LORD’s temple, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship.”
6 Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 Ladan’s sons: Jehiel was the first, then Zetham, and Joel — three.
9 Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran — three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons — four.
11 Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became an ancestral house and received a single assignment.
12 Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel — four.
13 Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses. Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things , to burn incense in the presence of Yahweh, to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever .
