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<a href="../numbers/4.htm#21">Numbers 4:21-28</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#38">Numbers 4:38-41</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and Baria had not many children, and therefore they were counted in one family, and in one house. </p> <a name="12" id="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Kohathites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#27">Numbers 3:27-32</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm">Numbers 4:1-20</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#34">Numbers 4:34-37</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord, according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for ever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the tribe of Levi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second. </p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Merarites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#33">Numbers 3:33-37</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#29">Numbers 4:29-33</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#42">Numbers 4:42-49</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar and Cia. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three. </p> <p class="hdg">Levite Duties Revised</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, 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 Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And the priests have the charge of the leaves of proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the roasting, and of every weight and measure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_chronicles/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_chronicles/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_chronicles/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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