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So when David[H1732] was old[H2204] and full[H7646] of days[H3117], he made Solomon[H8010] his son[H1121]king[H4427] over Israel[H3478].
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And he gathered together[H622] all the princes[H8269] of Israel[H3478], with the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881].
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Now the Levites[H3881] were numbered[H5608] from the age[H1121] of thirty[H7970]years[H8141] and upward[H4605]: and their number[H4557] by their polls[H1538], man[H1397] by man[H1397], was thirty[H7970] and eight[H8083]thousand[H505].
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Of which[H428], twenty[H6242] and four[H702]thousand[H505] were to set forward[H5329] the work[H4399] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]; and six[H8337]thousand[H505] were officers[H7860] and judges[H8199]:
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Moreover four[H702]thousand[H505] were porters[H7778]; and four[H702]thousand[H505]praised[H1984] the LORD[H3068] with the instruments[H3627] which I made[H6213], said David, to praise[H1984] therewith.
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And David[H1732]divided[H2505] them into courses[H4256] among the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878], namely, Gershon[H1648], Kohath[H6955], and Merari[H4847].
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Of the Gershonites[H1649] were, Laadan[H3936], and Shimei[H8096].
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The sons[H1121] of Laadan[H3936]; the chief[H7218] was Jehiel[H3171], and Zetham[H2241], and Joel[H3100], three[H7969].
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The sons[H1121] of Shimei[H8096]; Shelomith[H8019], and Haziel[H2381], and Haran[H2039], three[H7969]. These were the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of Laadan[H3936].
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And the sons[H1121] of Shimei[H8096] were, Jahath[H3189], Zina[H2126], and Jeush[H3266], and Beriah[H1283]. These four[H702] were the sons[H1121] of Shimei[H8096].
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And Jahath[H3189] was the chief[H7218], and Zizah[H2125] the second[H8145]: but Jeush[H3266] and Beriah[H1283] had not many[H7235]sons[H1121]; therefore they were in one[H259]reckoning[H6486], according to their father's house[H1004].
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The sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955]; Amram[H6019], Izhar[H3324], Hebron[H2275], and Uzziel[H5816], four[H702].
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The sons[H1121] of Amram[H6019]; Aaron[H175] and Moses[H4872]: and Aaron[H175] was separated[H914], that he should sanctify[H6942] the most[H6944] holy things[H6944], he and his sons[H1121]for[H5704]ever[H5769], to burn incense[H6999]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], to minister[H8334] unto him, and to bless[H1288] in his name[H8034]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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Now concerning Moses[H4872] the man[H376] of God[H430], his sons[H1121] were named[H7121] of the tribe[H7626] of Levi[H3878].
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The sons[H1121] of Moses[H4872] were, Gershom[H1647], and Eliezer[H461].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Gershom[H1647], Shebuel[H7619] was the chief[H7218].
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And the sons[H1121] of Eliezer[H461] were, Rehabiah[H7345] the chief[H7218]. And Eliezer[H461] had none other[H312]sons[H1121]; but the sons[H1121] of Rehabiah[H7345] were very[H4605]many[H7235].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Izhar[H3324]; Shelomith[H8019] the chief[H7218].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Hebron[H2275]; Jeriah[H3404] the first[H7218], Amariah[H568] the second[H8145], Jahaziel[H3166] the third[H7992], and Jekameam[H3360] the fourth[H7243].
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Of the sons[H1121] of Uzziel[H5816]; Michah[H4318] the first[H7218], and Jesiah[H3449] the second[H8145].
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The sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847]; Mahli[H4249], and Mushi[H4187]. The sons[H1121] of Mahli[H4249]; Eleazar[H499], and Kish[H7027].
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And Eleazar[H499]died[H4191], and had no sons[H1121], but daughters[H1323]: and their brethren[H251] the sons[H1121] of Kish[H7027]took[H5375] them.
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The sons[H1121] of Mushi[H4187]; Mahli[H4249], and Eder[H5740], and Jeremoth[H3406], three[H7969].
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These were the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878] after the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1]; even the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1], as they were counted[H6485] by number[H4557] of names[H8034] by their polls[H1538], that did[H6213] the work[H4399] for the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], from the age[H1121] of twenty[H6242]years[H8141] and upward[H4605].
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For David[H1732]said[H559], The LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] hath given rest[H5117] unto his people[H5971], that they may dwell[H7931] in Jerusalem[H3389] for ever[H5769]:
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And also unto the Levites[H3881]; they shall no more carry[H5375] the tabernacle[H4908], nor any vessels[H3627] of it for the service[H5656] thereof.
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For by the last[H314]words[H1697] of David[H1732] the Levites[H3881] were numbered[H4557] from twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] and above[H4605]:
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Because their office[H4612] was to wait[H3027] on the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175] for the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], in the courts[H2691], and in the chambers[H3957], and in the purifying[H2893] of all holy things[H6944], and the work[H4639] of the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of God[H430];
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Both for the shewbread[H3899], and for the fine flour[H5560] for meat offering[H4503], and for the unleavened[H4682]cakes[H7550], and for that which is baked in the pan[H4227], and for that which is fried[H7246], and for all manner of measure[H4884] and size[H4060];
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And to stand[H5975] every morning[H1242] to thank[H3034] and praise[H1984] the LORD[H3068], and likewise at even[H6153];
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And to offer[H5927] all burnt sacrifices[H5930] unto the LORD[H3068] in the sabbaths[H7676], in the new moons[H2320], and on the set feasts[H4150], by number[H4557], according to the order[H4941] commanded unto them, continually[H8548]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]:
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And that they should keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and the charge[H4931] of the holy[H6944] place, and the charge[H4931] of the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175] their brethren[H251], in the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].