1 David therefore being old and full of days, made Salomon his son king over Israel
2 And he gathered all the Princes of Israel, and the Priests and Levites.
3 And the Levites were numbered from thirty years and upward: and there were found thirty eight thousand men. 1
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4 Of these were chosen, and distributed into the ministry of the house of our Lord four and twenty thousand: and of the overseers and judges, six thousand.
5 Moreover four thousand porters: and as many singing to our Lord on instruments, which he had made to sing on.
6 And David distributed them by the courses of the children of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and Caath, and Merari.
7 The sons of Gerson: Leedan, and Semei.
8 The sons of Leedan: the Prince Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aram, three: these be the Princes of the families of Leedan.
10 Moreover the sons of Semei: Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these be the sons of Semei, four.
11 And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: moreover Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house.
12 The children of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moyses. And Aaron was separated to minister in Sancta Sanctorum, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense to our Lord according to his rite, and to bless his name for ever.
14 The sons of Moyses also the man of God were numbered in the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moyses: Gersom and Eliezer:
16 the sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. Moreover the children of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.
18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaan the fourth.
20 The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cis.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters, and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.
23 The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
24 These be the children of Levi in their kindreds and families, Princes by courses, and number of every head, that did the works of ministry of the house of our Lord from twenty years, and upward.
25 For David said: Our Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and the habitation of Jerusalem for ever.
26 Neither shall it be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof to minister.
27 According to the last precepts also of David the number of the children of Levi shall be numbered from twenty years & upward.
28 And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of our Lord, in the entrances, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the Sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of our Lord.
29 And the Priests over the loaves of proposition, and for the sacrifice of flour, and for cakes and azymes, and the frying pan and to roast, and over all weight and measure.
30 But the Levites to stand in the morning to confess, and sing to our Lord: and in like manner at evening,
31 as well in the oblation of the holocausts of our Lord, as in the Sabbaths and Calends, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number, and ceremonies of every thing, continually before our Lord.
32 And let them keep the observations of the tabernacle of covenant, and the rite of the Sanctuary, and the observance of the children of Aaron their brethren, that they minister in the house of our Lord.