Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch) 23
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1David had now grown old; he had lived many years; so he made Shlomo his son king over Isra’el.
2Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra’el, with the cohanim and L’vi’im. 3A census of L’vi’im thirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000. 4Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of Adonai, while 6,000 were officials and judges, 54,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 sang praise to Adonai “with the instruments I made for the purpose of singing praise.”
6David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi — Gershon, K’hat and M’rari.
7For the Gershuni: La‘dan and Shim‘i. 8The sons of La‘dan: Yechi’el the chief, Zetam and Yo’el — three. 9The sons of Shim‘i: Shlomit, Hazi’el and Haran — three. These were the heads of the clans of La‘dan. 10The sons of Shim‘i: Yachat, Zina Ye‘ush and B’ri‘ah. These four were the sons of Shim‘i. 11Yachat was the chief and Zizah the second, then Ye‘ush and B’ri‘ah, who did not have many descendants and were therefore counted as one clan.
12The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el — four. 13The sons of ‘Amram: Aharon and Moshe. Aharon was set apart to be consecrated as especially holy, he and his sons forever; so that they might bring offerings before Adonai, perform the service for him and bless in his name forever. 14But as for Moshe the man of God, his sons are included with the tribe of Levi. 15The sons of Moshe: Gershom and Eli‘ezer. 16The sons of Gershom: Sh’vu’el the chief. 17The sons of Eli‘ezer were: Rechavyah the chief. Eli‘ezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rechavyah were very numerous.
18The sons of Yitz’har: Shlomit the chief. 19The sons of Hevron: Yeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Yachzi’el the third and Y’kam‘am the fourth. 20The sons of ‘Uzi’el: Mikhah the chief and Yishiyah the second.
21The sons of M’rari: Machli and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El‘azar and Kish. 22El‘azar died without having sons, but daughters only; their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them. 23Mushi had three sons — Machli, ‘Eder and Yeremot.
24These were the descendants of Levi, according to their clans, the heads of clans according to their listing in the register, who did the work for the service of the house of Adonai, those twenty years old and over. 25For David said, “Adonai the God of Isra’el has given rest to his people, and he lives in Yerushalayim forever. 26The L’vi’im will no longer have to carry the tabernacle and all the equipment that goes with it for its service.” 27For, according to David’s last instructions, the descendants of Levi twenty years old and over were to be counted. 28Their role was to assist the descendants of Aharon with the service of the house of Adonai in the courtyards and rooms, and with purification of all the holy articles — in other words, with the work needed to minister in the house of God. 29They were to assist with the showbread and the finely ground flour needed for grain offerings, no matter whether of matzah, pan-baked bread or mixed with oil, and no matter what shape or size. 30They were to stand every morning to sing thanks and praises to Adonai, and likewise every evening. 31They were to be present regularly before Adonai whenever burnt offerings were offered to Adonai on Shabbat, at Rosh-Hodesh, and at the other designated times, in the numbers required by the rules for sacrifices. 32Finally, for the service in the house of Adonai they were to perform their duties in relation to the tent of meeting, the Holy Place and their kinsmen the descendants of Aharon.
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