I Chronicles 23 · דברי הימים א

So when David was old and full of days, he made Shelomo his son king over Yisra᾽el.

And he gathered together all the princes of Yisra᾽el, with the priests and the Levites.

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upwards: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty eight thousand.

Twenty four thousand of these were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

and four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made for praise.

And David divided them into sections according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Qehat, and Merari.

Of the Gershoni there were: La῾adan, and Shim῾i.

The sons of La῾adan; the chief was Yeĥi᾽el, and Zetam, and Yo᾽el three.

The sons of Shim῾i; Shelomit, and Ḥazi᾽el, and Ḥaran; three. These were the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of La῾adan.

And the sons of Shim῾i were, Yaĥat, Zina, and Ye῾ush, and Beri῾a. These four were the sons of Shim῾i.

And Yaĥat was the chief, and Ziza the second: but Ye῾ush and Beri῾a had not many sons; therefore they became a father’s house in one reckoning.

The sons of Qehat; ῾Amram, Yiżhar, Ḥevron, and ῾Uzzi᾽el; four.

The sons of ῾Amram; Aharon and Moshe: and Aharon was separated, that he should be sanctified as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to bless in his name forever.

Now concerning Moshe the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

The sons of Moshe were, Gershom, and Eli῾ezer.

Of the sons of Gershom, Shevu᾽el was the chief.

And the sons of Eli῾ezer were, Reĥavya the chief. And Eli῾ezer had no other sons; but the sons of Reĥavya were very many.

Of the sons of Yiżhar; Shelomit the chief.

Of the sons of Ḥevron; Yeriyyahu the first, Amarya the second, Yaĥazi᾽el the third, and Yeqam῾am the fourth.

Of the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el; Mikha the first, and Yishshiyya the second.

The sons of Merari; Maĥli, and Mushi. The sons of Maĥli; El῾azar, and Qish.

And El῾azar died, and had no sons, but only daughters: and their brethren the sons of Qish took them to wife.

The sons of Mushi; Maĥli, and ῾Eder, and Yeremot, three.

These were the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; the heads of father’s houses, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upwards.

For David said, The Lord God of Yisra᾽el has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Yerushalayim forever:

and also to the Levites that they shall no more need to carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for its service.

For by the last ordinances of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

because their station was at the side of the sons of Aharon for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

and to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;

and whenever burnt sacrifices are offered to the Lord on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons, by number, according to the order commanded to them, continually before the Lord:

and that they should keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aharon their brethren, for the service of the house of the Lord.