1Now, David, was old, and satisfied with days,so he made Solomon his son king, over Israel; 2and gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites. 3Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards,and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty-eight thousand. 4Of theseto preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand,and officers and judges, six thousand; 5and four thousand, were doorkeepers,and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which I made for offering praise. 6And David divided them into courses,pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 7Of the Gershonites, Ladan and Shimei. 8The sons of Ladan, the chief Jehiel, and Zetham and Joel, three. 9The sons of Shimei, Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three,these, were the ancestral chiefs of Ladan. 10And, the sons of Shimei, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah,these, were the sons of Shimei, four. 11And Jahath was chief, and Zizah the second,but, Jeush and Beriah, had not many sons, so they became an ancestral house, by one reckoning. 12The sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13The sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses,and Aaron was separated, to hallow the holy of holies, he and his sons, unto times age-abiding, to make a perfume before Yahweh, to be in attendance upon him, and to bless in his name, unto times age-abiding; 14and, as for Moses, the man of God, his sons, were called unto the tribe of Levi. 15The sons of Moses, were Gershom, and Eliezer. 16the sons of Gershom, were Shebuel the chief; 17and the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief,and Eliezer had no other sons, but, the sons of Rehabiah, were very many. 18The sons of Izhar, Shelomith the chief. 19The sons of Hebron, Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20The sons of Uzziel, Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second. 21The sons of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli, were Eleazar and Kish. 22But Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only,and so the sons of Kish their brethren took them. 23The sons of Mushi, were Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three. 24These, were the sons of Levi by their ancestral house, the ancestral chiefs of them who were counted in the number of their names, by their polls, doing the work, for the service of the house of Yahweh,from twenty years old, and upwards. 25For, said David, Yahweh the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,and hath taken up his habitation in Jerusalem, unto times age-abiding; 26moreover also, as for the Levites, they have no need to bear the habitation, nor any of its vessels in the laborious work thereof. 27For, by the last words of David, the same, were the number of the sons of Levi,from twenty years old, and upwards. 28For, their duty, wasto be in attendance upon the sons of Aaron, in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purifying of everything holy,and doing the laborious work, of the house of God; 29and for the bread set in array, and for the fine meal for the meal-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, even for that which is baked in a pan, for the moistened food,even of every measure, and size; 30and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks and offer praise unto Yahweh,and, likewise, at even; 31and for all the offering of ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts,by number, according to the manner prescribed for them continually, before Yahweh; 32and they shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren,in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh.