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sman_by_man, was thirty and eight|B.C.abo thousand. 1045,
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand |. strong were to oset_forward the_work_of the_| men. house_of / the Lorp; and six thousand} > p were officers and judges;
5 Moreover four thousand were 9 por- ters; and four thousand praised / the Lorp with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
6 And David divided them into courses among the_sons_of Levi, namely, Ger- shon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
8 The_sons_of Laadan; the chief was Jehiél, and Zetham, and Joél, three.
9 The_sons_of Shimei; Shelomith, and Hadih apd ee three. These wen the_chief_of the fathers_of Laa-
an.
10 And the_sons_of Shimei were, Ja- hath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four-were the_sons_of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Be- riah had not many sons ; therefore they were in one reckoning, according_to their father’s house. i
12 The_sons_of Kohath; Amram, Iz- har, Hebron, and Uzziél, four.
13 The_sons_of Amram; Aaron and ss Moses : and Aaron was_separated, that he should-_sanctify the -most zholy_ 1Sam. things, he and his sons for ever, to burn_ incense before J the Lorp, to minister unto Him, and to bless in His name for ever.
14 Now concerning Moses the_man_of| Moses AN x=God, his sons ‘were_named of the_| HIS SONs tribe_of Levi.
15 The_sons_of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Of the_sons_of Gershom, Shebuél was the chief.
17 And the_sons_of Eliezer were, Re- habiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the_sons_of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of the_sons_of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19 Of the_sons_of Hebron ; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziél the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Of the_sons_of Uzziél; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.
21 The_sons_of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. The_sons_of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
2 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the_ sons_of Kish took them.
2% The_sons_of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 These were the_sons_of Levi after the_house_of their fathers; even the_ chief_of the fathers, as they were_count- ed by number_of names by their polls, 4that_did the work for the service of the_house_of ! the Lorn, from the_age_ of twenty years and upward.
% For David said, “! The Lorp =God_|s. of Israél hath_given_rest unto His} He! people, that they may_dwell in Jeru- salem for ever : '
26 And also unto the Levites; they |26. Num. 4 shall no more carry «the tabernacle,| 5,4 —
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