New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 David was now an old man, weighed down with years, and he
appointed Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 He gathered together all
the officers of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
3 The Levites were
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The temple and its organization
enrolled from the age of thirty upwards, their males being thirty-eight
thousand in all.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be responsible
for the maintenance and service of the house of the Lord, six thousand
to act as officers and magistrates,
5 four thousand to be door-keepers,
and four thousand to praise the Lord on the musical instruments which
David note had made for the service of praise.
6 David organized them in
divisions, called after Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the sons of Levi.
7
8 The sons of Gershon: Laadan and Shimei. The sons of Laadan:
Jehiel the chief, Zetham and Joel, three. note
9 These were the heads of the
families grouped under Laadan.
10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, note
Jeush and Beriah, four.
11 Jahath was the chief and Ziza the second, but
Jeush and Beriah, having few children, were reckoned for duty as a
single family.
12
13 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four. The
sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his sons
in perpetuity, to dedicate the most holy gifts, note to burn sacrifices before
the Lord, to serve him, and to give the blessing in his name for ever,
but the sons of Moses,
14 the man of God, were to keep the name of
Levite.
15
16 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. The sons of
Gershom: Shubael note the chief.
17 The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief.
18 Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had very many. The sons of
Izhar: Shelomoth note the chief.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief,
Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar
and Kish.
22 When Eleazar died, he left daughters but no sons, and their
cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli,
Eder and Jeremoth, three.
24 Such were the Levites, grouped by families in the father's line whose
heads were entered in the detailed list; they performed duties in the
service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty upwards.
25 For
David said, ‘The Lord the God of Israel has given his people peace
and has made his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
26 The Levites will no
longer have to carry the Tabernacle or any of the vessels for its service.’
27 By these last words of David the Levites were enrolled from the age of
twenty upwards.
28 Their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service
of the house of the Lord: they were responsible for the care of the
courts and the rooms, for the cleansing of all holy things, and the
general service of the house of God;
29 for the rows of the Bread of the
Presence, the flour for the grain-offerings, unleavened wafers, cakes
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The temple and its organization
baked on the griddle, and pastry, and for the weights and measures.
30 They were to be on duty continually before the Lord every morning
and evening,
31 giving thanks and praise to him, and at every offering of
whole-offerings to the Lord, on sabbaths, new moons and at the
appointed seasons, according to their prescribed number.
32 The Levites
were to have charge of the Tent of the Presence and of the sanctuary,
but the sons of Aaron their kinsmen were charged with the service of
worship in the house of the Lord.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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