So when David <H1732> was old <H2204> and full <H7646> of days, <H3117> he made Solomon <H8010> his son <H1121> king <H4427> over Israel. <H3478>
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And he gathered <H0622> together all the princes <H8269> of Israel, <H3478> with the priests <H3548> and the Levites. <H3881>
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Now the Levites <H3881> were numbered <H5608> from the age <H1121> of thirty <H7970> years <H8141> and upward: <H4605> and their number <H4557> by their polls, <H1538> man <H1397> by man, <H1397> was thirty <H7970> and eight <H8083> thousand. <H0505>
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Of which, <H0428> twenty <H6242> and four <H0702> thousand <H0505> [were] to set forward <H5329> the work <H4399> of the house <H1004> of the LORD; <H3068> and six <H8337> thousand <H0505> [were] officers <H7860> and judges: <H8199>
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Moreover four <H0702> thousand <H0505> [were] porters; <H7778> and four <H0702> thousand <H0505> praised <H1984> the LORD <H3068> with the instruments <H3627> which I made, <H6213> [said David], to praise <H1984> [therewith].
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And David <H1732> divided <H2505> them into courses <H4256> among the sons <H1121> of Levi, <H3878> [namely], Gershon, <H1648> Kohath, <H6955> and Merari. <H4847>
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Of the Gershonites <H1649> [were], Laadan, <H3936> and Shimei. <H8096>
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The sons <H1121> of Laadan; <H3936> the chief <H7218> [was] Jehiel, <H3171> and Zetham, <H2241> and Joel, <H3100> three. <H7969>
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The sons <H1121> of Shimei; <H8096> Shelomith, <H8019> <H8013> and Haziel, <H2381> and Haran, <H2039> three. <H7969> These [were] the chief <H7218> of the fathers <H0001> of Laadan. <H3936>
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And the sons <H1121> of Shimei <H8096> [were], Jahath, <H3189> Zina, <H2126> and Jeush, <H3266> and Beriah. <H1283> These four <H0702> [were] the sons <H1121> of Shimei. <H8096>
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And Jahath <H3189> was the chief, <H7218> and Zizah <H2125> the second: <H8145> but Jeush <H3266> and Beriah <H1283> had not many <H7235> sons; <H1121> therefore they were in one <H0259> reckoning, <H6486> according to [their] father's <H0001> house. <H1004>
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The sons <H1121> of Kohath; <H6955> Amram, <H6019> Izhar, <H3324> Hebron, <H2275> and Uzziel, <H5816> four. <H0702>
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The sons <H1121> of Amram; <H6019> Aaron <H0175> and Moses: <H4872> and Aaron <H0175> was separated, <H0914> that he should sanctify <H6942> the most <H6944> holy things, <H6944> he and his sons <H1121> for <H5704> ever, <H5769> to burn incense <H6999> before <H6440> the LORD, <H3068> to minister <H8334> unto him, and to bless <H1288> in his name <H8034> for <H5704> ever. <H5769>
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Now [concerning] Moses <H4872> the man <H0376> of God, <H0430> his sons <H1121> were named <H7121> of the tribe <H7626> of Levi. <H3878>
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The sons <H1121> of Moses <H4872> [were], Gershom, <H1647> and Eliezer. <H0461>
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Of the sons <H1121> of Gershom, <H1647> Shebuel <H7619> [was] the chief. <H7218>
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And the sons <H1121> of Eliezer <H0461> [were], Rehabiah <H7345> the chief. <H7218> And Eliezer <H0461> had none other <H0312> sons; <H1121> but the sons <H1121> of Rehabiah <H7345> were very <H4605> many. <H7235>
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Of the sons <H1121> of Izhar; <H3324> Shelomith <H8019> the chief. <H7218>
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Of the sons <H1121> of Hebron; <H2275> Jeriah <H3404> the first, <H7218> Amariah <H0568> the second, <H8145> Jahaziel <H3166> the third, <H7992> and Jekameam <H3360> the fourth. <H7243>
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Of the sons <H1121> of Uzziel; <H5816> Michah <H4318> the first, <H7218> and Jesiah <H3449> the second. <H8145>
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The sons <H1121> of Merari; <H4847> Mahli, <H4249> and Mushi. <H4187> The sons <H1121> of Mahli; <H4249> Eleazar, <H0499> and Kish. <H7027>
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And Eleazar <H0499> died, <H4191> and had no sons, <H1121> but daughters: <H1323> and their brethren <H0251> the sons <H1121> of Kish <H7027> took <H5375> them.
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The sons <H1121> of Mushi; <H4187> Mahli, <H4249> and Eder, <H5740> and Jeremoth, <H3406> three. <H7969>
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These [were] the sons <H1121> of Levi <H3878> after the house <H1004> of their fathers; <H0001> [even] the chief <H7218> of the fathers, <H0001> as they were counted <H6485> by number <H4557> of names <H8034> by their polls, <H1538> that did <H6213> the work <H4399> for the service <H5656> of the house <H1004> of the LORD, <H3068> from the age <H1121> of twenty <H6242> years <H8141> and upward. <H4605>
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For David <H1732> said, <H0559> The LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel <H3478> hath given rest <H5117> unto his people, <H5971> that they may dwell <H7931> in Jerusalem <H3389> for ever: <H5769>
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And also unto the Levites; <H3881> they shall no [more] carry <H5375> the tabernacle, <H4908> nor any vessels <H3627> of it for the service <H5656> thereof.
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For by the last <H0314> words <H1697> of David <H1732> the Levites <H1121> <H3881> [were] numbered <H4557> from twenty <H6242> years <H8141> old <H1121> and above: <H4605>
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Because their office <H4612> [was] to wait on <H3027> the sons <H1121> of Aaron <H0175> for the service <H5656> of the house <H1004> of the LORD, <H3068> in the courts, <H2691> and in the chambers, <H3957> and in the purifying <H2893> of all holy things, <H6944> and the work <H4639> of the service <H5656> of the house <H1004> of God; <H0430>
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Both for the shewbread, <H3899> <H4635> and for the fine flour <H5560> for meat offering, <H4503> and for the unleavened <H4682> cakes, <H7550> and for [that which is baked in] the pan, <H4227> and for that which is fried, <H7246> and for all manner of measure <H4884> and size; <H4060>
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And to stand <H5975> every morning <H1242> <H1242> to thank <H3034> and praise <H1984> the LORD, <H3068> and likewise at even; <H6153>
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And to offer <H5927> all burnt sacrifices <H5930> unto the LORD <H3068> in the sabbaths, <H7676> in the new moons, <H2320> and on the set feasts, <H4150> by number, <H4557> according to the order <H4941> commanded unto them, continually <H8548> before <H6440> the LORD: <H3068>
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And that they should keep <H8104> the charge <H4931> of the tabernacle <H0168> of the congregation, <H4150> and the charge <H4931> of the holy <H6944> [place], and the charge <H4931> of the sons <H1121> of Aaron <H0175> their brethren, <H0251> in the service <H5656> of the house <H1004> of the LORD. <H3068>