1 Chronicles 23

About 1 Chronicles 1 Chronicles retells Israel's history from Adam to David, focusing on David and the worship of God.

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.Selected1 Chronicles 23:1Ask

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.Selected1 Chronicles 23:2Ask

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.Selected1 Chronicles 23:3Ask

Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:Selected1 Chronicles 23:4Ask

Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.Selected1 Chronicles 23:5Ask

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Selected1 Chronicles 23:6Ask

Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.Selected1 Chronicles 23:7Ask

The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.Selected1 Chronicles 23:8Ask

The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.Selected1 Chronicles 23:9Ask

And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.Selected1 Chronicles 23:10Ask

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.Selected1 Chronicles 23:11Ask

The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.Selected1 Chronicles 23:12Ask

The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.Selected1 Chronicles 23:13Ask

Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.Selected1 Chronicles 23:14Ask

The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.Selected1 Chronicles 23:15Ask

Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.Selected1 Chronicles 23:16Ask

And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.Selected1 Chronicles 23:17Ask

Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.Selected1 Chronicles 23:18Ask

Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.Selected1 Chronicles 23:19Ask

Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.Selected1 Chronicles 23:20Ask

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.Selected1 Chronicles 23:21Ask

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.Selected1 Chronicles 23:22Ask

The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.Selected1 Chronicles 23:23Ask

These were the sons of Levi 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, from the age of twenty years and upward.Selected1 Chronicles 23:24Ask

For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:Selected1 Chronicles 23:25Ask

And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.Selected1 Chronicles 23:26Ask

For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:Selected1 Chronicles 23:27Ask

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron 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;Selected1 Chronicles 23:28Ask

Both for the shewbread, 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;Selected1 Chronicles 23:29Ask

And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;Selected1 Chronicles 23:30Ask

And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:Selected1 Chronicles 23:31Ask

And 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 Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.Selected1 Chronicles 23:32Ask

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