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1Now David became old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000.[#23:3 Lit their heads]
4Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
5and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which David made for giving praise.[#23:5 Lit I made]
6And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
24These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.[#23:24 Lit mustered; #23:24 Lit heads]
25For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.
26Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings for its service.”
27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.
28For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,
29and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is made on the griddle, or what is well stirred, and all measures of volume and size.
30And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening,
31and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the appointed times in the number set by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh.
32Thus they shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy place, and responsibility of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.[#23:32 Lit brothers]