Apr 6 - 1 Chronicles 23-25
1 Chronicles
1Then David, being old and full of days, appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests as well as the Levites3And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. And there were found thirty-eight thousand men4Of these, twenty-four thousand were chosen and distributed to the ministry of the house of the Lord. Then six thousand were overseers and judges5Moreover, four thousand were porters. And the same number were the singers of psalms to the Lord, with the musical instruments which he had made for the music6And David distributed them into courses according to the sons of Levi, specifically, Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari7The sons of Gershom: Ladan and Shimei8The sons of Ladan: the leader Jahiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the leaders of the families of Ladan10Then the sons of Shimei: Jahath, and Zizah, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei, four11Now Jahath was first, Zizah second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, and for this reason they were reckoned as one family and one house12The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Now Aaron was separated so that he might minister in the Holy of Holies, he and his sons forever, and so that he might burn incense to the Lord, according to his rite, and so that he might bless his name in perpetuity14The sons of Moses, the man of God, were also numbered in the tribe of Levi15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first17Now the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the first. And there were no other sons for Eliezer. But the sons of Rehabiah were multiplied exceedingly18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, Isshiah the second21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish22Then Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. And so the sons of Kish, their brothers, married them23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three24These are the sons of Levi, in their kindred and families, leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord, from twenty years of age and upward25For David said: "The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem even unto eternity26Neither shall it be the office of the Levites any more to carry the tabernacle with all its equipment for use in the ministry.27Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward28And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron, in the care of the house of the Lord, in the vestibule, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord29But the priests shall be over the bread of the presence, and the sacrifice of fine wheat flour, and the unleavened cakes, and the frying pan, and the roasting, and over every weight and measure30Yet truly, the Levites shall stand to confess and to sing to the Lord, in the morning, and similarly in the evening31as much in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the Sabbaths and new moons and other solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies for each and every matter, perpetually before the Lord32And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the rituals of the sanctuary, and the observance of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, so that they may minister in the house of the Lord
1Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office3And David distributed them, that is, Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their courses and ministry4And there were found many more of the sons of Eleazar among the leading men, than of the sons of Ithamar. Therefore, he divided them so that there were, of the sons of Eleazar, sixteen leaders by their families, and of the sons of Ithamar eight by their families and houses5Then he divided among them, in both families, by lot. For there were leaders of the sanctuary and leaders of God, as much from the sons of Eleazar as from the sons of Ithamar6And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote these down before the king and the leaders, with Zadok, the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and also the leaders of the priestly and Levitical families. And there was one house, which was preeminent over the others, that of Eleazar; and there was another house, which had the others under it, that of Ithamar7Now the first lot went forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah8the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim9the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin10the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah11the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah12the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim13the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab14the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer15the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel17the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul18the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah19These were their courses according to their ministries, so that they would enter into the house of the Lord in accord with their practice, under the hand of Aaron, their father, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had instructed20Now of the sons of Levi who were remaining, there were Shubael, from the sons of Amram, and Jehdeiah, from the sons of Shubael21Also, there were Isshiah, the leader from the sons of Rehabiah22and truly Shelomoth, the son of Izhar, and Jahath, the son of Shelomoth23and his son, Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth24The son of Uzziel was Micah. The son of Micah was Shamir25The brother of Micah was Isshiah. And the son of Isshiah was Zechariah26The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The son of Uzziah was Beno27Also, the son of Merari: Uzziah, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Hebri28In addition, the son of Mahli was Eleazar, who had no children29Truly, the son of Kish was Jerahmeel30The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of Levi according to the houses of their families31And they also cast lots concerning their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the leaders of the priestly and Levitical families, as much concerning the elder as the younger. The lot divided all things equitably
1Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office2From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king3Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord4Also, of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, and Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth5All these were the sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the words of God, in order to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters6All these, under their father’s hand, were distributed in order to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, in the ministry of the house of the Lord beside the king, specifically, Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman7Now the number of these, with their brothers, who were instructing in the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred eighty-eight8And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned9And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve10The third went to Zaccur, to his sons and brothers, twelve11The fourth went to Izri, to his sons and brothers, twelve12The fifth went to Nethaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve13The sixth went to Bukkiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve14The seventh went to Jesharelah, to his sons and brothers, twelve15The eighth went to Jeshaiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve16The ninth went to Mattaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve17The tenth went to Shimei, to his sons and brothers, twelve18The eleventh went to Azarel, to his sons and brothers, twelve19The twelfth went to Hashabiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve20The thirteenth went to Shubael, to his sons and brothers, twelve21The fourteenth went to Mattithiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve22The fifteenth went to Jeremoth, to his sons and brothers, twelve23The sixteenth went to Hananiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve24The seventeenth went to Joshbekashah, to his sons and brothers, twelve25The eighteenth went to Hanani, to his sons and brothers, twelve26The nineteenth went to Mallothi, to his sons and his brothers, twelve27The twentieth went to Eliathah, to his sons and brothers, twelve28The twenty-first went to Hothir, to his sons and brothers, twelve29The twenty-second went to Giddalti, to his sons and brothers, twelve30The twenty-third went to Mahazioth, to his sons and brothers, twelve31The twenty-fourth went to Romamtiezer, to his sons and brothers, twelve