Thematic Bible




1 Chronicles 23:1 (show verse)

Now David [was] old and full of days. And he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:2 (show verse)

And he assembled all the commanders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.

1 Chronicles 23:3 (show verse)

And the Levites thirty years old and above were counted, and their number according to their head count for the men [was] thirty-eight thousand.

1 Chronicles 23:4 (show verse)

Of these, [David said,] "Twenty-four thousand [are] to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials

1 Chronicles 23:5 (show verse)

four thousand gatekeepers, [and] four thousand offering praise with the instruments that I have made for praise."

1 Chronicles 23:6 (show verse)

And David organized them [in] divisions according to the sons of Levi: to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 23:7 (show verse)

For the Gershonites [were] Ladan and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:8 (show verse)

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief and Zetham and Joel, three.

1 Chronicles 23:9 (show verse)

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the heads of the {families} of Ladan.

1 Chronicles 23:10 (show verse)

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah; these four [were] the sons of Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:11 (show verse)

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. They were enrolled as one for the house of a father.

1 Chronicles 23:12 (show verse)

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1 Chronicles 23:13 (show verse)

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to consecrate the most holy things. He and his sons [were] to burn offerings forever before Yahweh to serve him and to bless in his name forever.

1 Chronicles 23:14 (show verse)

But Moses the man of God [and] his sons were reckoned among the tribe of Levi

1 Chronicles 23:15 (show verse)

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

1 Chronicles 23:16 (show verse)

The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:17 (show verse)

And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah, the head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

1 Chronicles 23:18 (show verse)

The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:19 (show verse)

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth

1 Chronicles 23:20 (show verse)

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.

1 Chronicles 23:21 (show verse)

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish

1 Chronicles 23:22 (show verse)

And Eleazar died, and he did not have sons, but only daughters. And the sons of Kish, their relatives, married them.

1 Chronicles 23:23 (show verse)

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

1 Chronicles 23:24 (show verse)

These [were] the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, the heads of the {families}, according to their enrollment, by the number of the names, according to their head count, [who were to] do the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and above.

1 Chronicles 23:25 (show verse)

For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

1 Chronicles 23:26 (show verse)

And also, the Levites do not [need] to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

1 Chronicles 23:27 (show verse)

For by the last words of David, they [are] the number of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and above.

1 Chronicles 23:28 (show verse)

For their station [was] {to assist} the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courtyards, over the chambers, and over the cleansing of all the sanctified objects, and [with] the work of the service of the house of God,

1 Chronicles 23:29 (show verse)

and with the rows of bread, the flour, the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and for all the amounts and measurements.

1 Chronicles 23:30 (show verse)

And [they were] to stand {every morning}, thanking and praising Yahweh, and likewise in the evening,

1 Chronicles 23:31 (show verse)

and for every burnt offering offered to Yahweh, on Sabbaths, on new moon festivals, and at the appointed feasts, according to the customary number {required of them}, regularly before Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 23:32 (show verse)

And they shall keep the responsibility of the tent of assembly, the responsibility of the sanctified objects, and the responsibility of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, to serve the house of Yahweh.