nd 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.
23:12. The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel, four.
23:13. 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.
23:14. The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in the
tribe of Levi.
23:15. The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:
23:16. The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.
23:17. And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and Eliezer had
no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were multiplied exceedingly.
23:18. The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.
23:19. The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
23:20. The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
23:21. The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi: Eleazar
and Cis.
23:22. And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of
Cis their brethren took them.
23:23. The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
23:24. 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.
23:25. For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his
people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.
23:26. And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more
the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.
23:27. So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are
to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
23:28. 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.
23:29. And the priests have the charge of the loaves 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.
23:30. 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,
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