A   So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, ^note he made Salomon hys sonne kynge ouer Israel. And then he geathered togeather all þe; Lordes of Israel wyth the preastes and the Leuites.

Dauid And the Leuites were nombred from the age of .xxx. yeare and aboue, and the n&obar;bre and summe of them was .xxxviij. thousande men. Of which .xxiiij. thousande were set to further the worcke of the house of the Lorde. And syxe thousande were offycers ∧ Iudges. Foure thousande were porters and foure thousande praysed þe; Lorde with soche instrumentes as was &rhand; made to prayse wyth all.

And so Dauid put an ordre am&obar;g th&ebar; deuidinge th&ebar; in partes. Of þe; children of Leui? Gerson, Cahath ∧ Merari: Of the Gersonites was Laad&abar; ∧ Semei. The sonnes of Laad&abar; the chefe was Iehiel, Zethan ∧ Ioel, thre. The sonnes of Semei: Selomith, Haziel, ∧ Haran, thre. B   These were þe; aunci&ebar;t fathers of laad&abar;. And þe; s&obar;nes of Semei were Iahath, Zina, Ieus ∧ Beria: these foure were the sonnes of Semei. And Iahath was the chefe, Zina the seconde. But Ieus and Beria had not many sonnes, therfore they were in one rekenynge, accordyng to theyr fathers housholde rekened for one auncient housholde.

The sonnes of Cahath: Amram, Izahar, Hebron and Uziel, foure. ^noteThe sonnes of Amram: Aaron ∧ Moses. And Aaron was separated, to haue the rule of the holy thynges in the place moost holye, he and hys sonnes for euer: and to burne incense before the Lorde, and to mynistre vnto him, ∧ to blesse in his name for euer. Moses also the man of God, and his chyldren, were named wyth þe; trybe of Leui. The sonnes of Moses: Gerson and Eliezer. Of the sonnes of Gerzon: Sebuel was the chefe. The sonnes of Eliezer: Rehabia the chefe. And Eliezer had none other sonnes: But the sonnes of Rehabia were very manye. The sonnes of Izahar: Salomith, the chefe. The sonnes of Hebr&obar;: Ieriahu the fyrst, Amaria the seconde, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iecameam the fourth. The sonnes of Uziel: Micha the fyrst, and Iesia the seconde. The sonnes of Merari Mahli: and Musi. C   The sonnes of Mahli Eleazar and Cis. And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters, and their brethr&ebar; the sonnes of Cis toke them. The sonnes of Musi: Mahli, Eder, ∧ Ieremoth, thre. These are the chyldren of Leui after the houshold of theyr fathers, euen the auncient of the fathers according to theyr offyces, and after þe; nombre and somme of þe; names of them that dyd the worcke in the seruice of the house of the Lord, from the age of twentye yeares ∧ aboue. And Dauid sayde: the Lorde God of Israel hath geuen rest vnto his people, that they maye dwell in Ierusal&ebar; for euer. That the Leuites also shuld nowe nomore beare þe; tabernacle ∧ all the vesselles for the seruyce therof: D   for accordynge to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred fr&obar; tw&ebar;tye Dauid yere and aboue, and their offyce was vnder the hande of the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice of the house of the Lorde, in the courtes ∧ celles, and in the purifyinge of all holye thynges, and in the worcke of the seruice of the house of God. In the shewe breed in þe; fyne flowre, in þe; meateofferinge, in the wafers of swete breed, in the fryinge panne, in the grydyron, and in all maner of measures and cyse, and to st&abar;de euery daye in the mornynge, to thanke and prayse the Lorde, and so lykewyse at euen. And to offer all burntsacrifyces vnto the Lorde, in þe; Sabbothes, in the newe moones, ∧ on the festfull dayes by nombre and custome c&obar;tinually (as they were commaunded) before the Lorde. And that they shulde wayte on the tabernacle of wytnesse, and on the holy place, and on the sonnes of Aaron their brethren, in the seruice of the house of the Lorde.

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