1 Chronicles 23

1 Chronicles 23

1So when David [beloved] was old and full of days, he made Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] his son king over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

2And he gathered together all the princes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , with the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] .

3Now the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

4Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:

5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) with the instruments which I made, [said David [beloved] ], to praise [with that] .

6And David [beloved] divided them into courses among the sons of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] , [namely] , Gershon [Exile] , K’hat [assembly, congregation] , and M’rari [Bitter] .

7Of the Gershuni [Exiled Ones] [were] , La’dan [put in order] , and Shime’i [Fame] .

8The sons of La’dan [put in order] ; the chief [was] Jehiel, and Zetam [olive] , and Yo’el [Yehovah is God] , three.

9The sons of Shime’i [Fame] ; Shlomit [Peaceful] , and Hazi’el [vision of God] , and Haran [mountaineer] , three. These [were] the chief of the fathers of La’dan [put in order] .

10And the sons of Shime’i [Fame] [were] , Yachat [He will snatch up] , Zina [well-fed] , and Ye’ush [He hurries to aid] , and B’ri’i [With a Friend] . These four [were] the sons of Shime’i [Fame] .

11And Yachat [He will snatch up] was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Ye’ush [He hurries to aid] and B’ri’i [With a Friend] had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to [their] father’s house.

12The sons of K’hat [assembly, congregation] ; ‘Amram [exalted people] , Yitz’har [Shining Oil] , Hevron [Seat of Association] , and Uzziel [My Strength is God] , four.

13The sons of ‘Amram [exalted people] ; Aharon [Bright, Very High] and Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] : and Aharon [Bright, Very High] was separated, that he should sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , to minister unto him, and to bless in his name forever.

14Now [concerning] Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] the man of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , his sons were named of the tribe of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] .

15The sons of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] [were] , Gershom [Exiled One] , and Eli’ezer [God is help] .

16Of the sons of Gershom [Exiled One] , Shebuel [was] the chief.

17And the sons of Eli’ezer [God is help] [were] , Rechavyah [Yehovah has enlarged] the chief. And Eli’ezer [God is help] had none other sons; but the sons of Rechavyah [Yehovah has enlarged] were very many.

18Of the sons of Yitz’har [Shining Oil] ; Shlomit [Peaceful] the chief.

19Of the sons of Hevron [Seat of Association] ; Yeriyahu [taught by Yehovah] the first, Amaryah [Yehovah speaks] the second, Yachazi’el [beheld of God] the third, and Y’kam’am [let the people rise] the fourth.

20Of the sons of Uzziel [My Strength is God] ; Mikhah [who is like God] the first, and Yishiyahu [Yehovah will lend] the second.

21The sons of M’rari [Bitter] ; Machli [Sick] , and Mushi [Yielding] . The sons of Machli [Sick] ; El’azar [God has helped] , and Kish [bent] .

22And El’azar [God has helped] died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish [bent] took them.

23The sons of Mushi [Yielding] ; Machli [Sick] , and ‘Eder [A Flock] , and Yeremot [He is Most High] , three.

24These [were] the sons of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , from the age of twenty years and upward.

25For David [beloved] said, The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] has given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] forever:

26And also unto the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] ; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

27For by the last words of David [beloved] the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:

28Because their office [was] to wait on the sons of Aharon [Bright, Very High] for the service of the house of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , 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-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] ;

29Both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for meat 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;

30And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and likewise at even;

31And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in the Shabbat, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) :

32And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy [place] , and the charge of the sons of Aharon [Bright, Very High] their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

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