1When David was old and full of years,…
2Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel,…
3The Levites thirty years of age or older…
4“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee…
54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are…
6Then David divided the Levites into divisions according…
7The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham,…
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three…
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush,…
11Jahath was the first and Zizah was the…
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and…
13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron…
14As for Moses the man of God, his…
15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
17The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first.…
18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first,…
20The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first…
21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The…
22Eleazar died without having any sons; he had…
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three…
24These were the descendants of Levi by their…
25For David had said, “The LORD, the God…
26So now the Levites no longer need to…
27For according to the final instructions of David,…
28but their duty was to assist the descendants…
29as well as for the rows of the…
30They were also to stand every morning to…
31Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD…
32So the Levites were to carry out the…
