1 Chronicles 23-25New King James Version (NKJV)
The Divisions of the Levites
23 So when David was old and full of days, he
made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the
leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now
the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the
number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of
these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the
house of the Lord, six thousand were officers and
judges, 5 four thousand were gatekeepers,
and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments,
“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
6 Also David separated them into
divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: Laadan[a] and Shimei. 8 The
sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all. 9 The
sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These
were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan. 10 And
the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina,[b] Jeush, and Beriah.
These were the four sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath
was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many
sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar,
Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all. 13 The
sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons
forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before
the Lord, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name
forever. 14 Now the sons of Moses the man of God
were reckoned to the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of
Moses were Gershon[c] and Eliezer. 16 Of
the sons of Gershon, Shebuel[d] was the
first. 17 Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah
was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were
very many. 18 Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the
first. 19 Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the
first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 Of
the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the
second.
21 The sons of Merari were Mahli
and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish. 22 And
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons
of Kish, took them as wives. 23 The
sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in
all.
24 These were the
sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as
they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work
for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and
above.
25 For David said,
“The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may
dwell in Jerusalem forever”; 26 and also to the
Levites, “They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for
its service.” 27 For by the last words of David the
Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above; 28 because
their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the
house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of
all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God, 29 both
with the showbread and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the
unleavened cakes and what is baked in the pan, with what is
mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes; 30 to
stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at
evening; 31 and at every presentation of a burnt
offering to the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the
set feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly
before the Lord; 32 and that they should
attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and
the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of
the Lord.
The Divisions of the Priests
24 Now these are the divisions
of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 And Nadab and Abihu died
before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar
ministered as priests. 3 Then David with Zadok of
the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them
according to the schedule of their service.
4 There were more leaders found of
the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they
were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads
of their fathers’ houses, and eight heads of their fathers’
houses among the sons of Ithamar. 5 Thus they were
divided by lot, one group as another, for there were officials of the sanctuary
and officials of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar
and from the sons of Ithamar. 6 And the scribe,
Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them
down before the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of
Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests
and Levites, one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for
Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot fell to
Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 the third to
Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 the fifth to
Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 the seventh to
Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 11 the ninth to
Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 the eleventh to
Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 the thirteenth
to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14 the
fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15 the
seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,[e] 16 the
nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,[f] 17 the
twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, 18 the
twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19 This was the
schedule of their service for coming into the house of
the Lord according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their
father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
Other Levites
20 And the rest of the sons of Levi:
of the sons of Amram, Shubael;[g] of the sons of Shubael,
Jehdeiah. 21 Concerning Rehabiah, of the sons of
Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 22 Of
the Izharites, Shelomoth;[h] of the sons of
Shelomoth, Jahath. 23 Of the sons of
Hebron,[i] Jeriah was the
first, [j] Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 24 Of the
sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir. 25 The
brother of Michah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26 The
sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah,
Beno. 27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah were Beno,
Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who
had no sons. 29 Of Kish: the son of Kish,
Jerahmeel.
30 Also the sons of Mushi were Mahli,
Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites
according to their fathers’ houses.
31 These also cast lots just as their
brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok,
Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests
and Levites. The chief fathers did just as their younger
brethren.
The Musicians
25 Moreover David and the captains of the army
separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman,
and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed
instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their
service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur,
Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah;[k] the sons of
Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied
according to the order of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun,
the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri,[l] Jeshaiah, Shimei,
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six,[m] under the direction of
their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise
the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,[n] Shebuel,[o] Jerimoth,[p] Hananiah, Hanani,
Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5 All
these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of
God, to exalt his horn.[q] For God gave Heman
fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under
the direction of their father for the music in the house of
the Lord, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service
of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the
authority of the king. 7 So the number of them,
with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who
were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 And they cast lots for their duty,
the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.
9 Now the first lot for Asaph came
out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons,
twelve; 10 the third for Zaccur, his sons and his
brethren, twelve; 11 the fourth for Jizri,[r] his sons and his
brethren, twelve; 12 the fifth for Nethaniah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve; 13 the sixth for
Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 14 the
seventh for Jesharelah,[s] his sons and his
brethren, twelve; 15 the eighth for Jeshaiah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve; 16 the ninth for
Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 17 the
tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 18 the
eleventh for Azarel,[t] his sons and his
brethren, twelve; 19 the twelfth for Hashabiah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve; 20 the thirteenth
for Shubael,[u] his sons and his
brethren, twelve; 21 the fourteenth for Mattithiah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve; 22 the fifteenth
for Jeremoth,[v] his sons and his
brethren, twelve; 23 the sixteenth for Hananiah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve; 24 the
seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 25 the
eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 26 the
nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 27 the
twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 28 the
twenty-first for Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 29 the
twenty-second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 30 the
twenty-third for Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 31 the
twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
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