Day 143, 23 May 2025



1)1 Chronicles 23 , 1 Chronicles 24 , 1 Chronicles 25



1 Chronicles 23

The Levites

1 (1Ch 29:28; 1Ki 1:33-39; 1Ch 28:5) Now David was old and full of days

when he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

2 So he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests

and the Levites.

3 (1Ch 23:24) The Levites from thirty years old and up were counted,

and their head count of men was 38000.

4 (2Ch 19:8; Dt 16:18) 24000 of these, David said, "shall have charge

of the work in the house of the Lord; six thousand shall be officers

and judges,

5 (2Ch 29:25-26; Am 6:5) four thousand shall be gatekeepers,

and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments

that I have made for praise."

6 (1Ch 6:1; 2Ch 8:14) David assigned them to divisions according to the sons

of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.



Gershonites



7 (1 Ch 26:21) From the Gershonites:

Ladan and Shimei.

8 The sons of Ladan were

first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel, three in all.

9 The sons of Shimei were

Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three.

These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.

10 The sons of Shimei were

Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah.

These four were the sons of Shimei.

11 Now Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah

did not have many sons, so they were counted as one unit

for their father's house.



Kohathites



12 (Ex 6:18) The sons of Kohath were

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four in all.

13 (Ex 6:20; Dt 21:5) The sons of Amram were

Aaron and Moses,

but Aaron was set apart to consecrate the most holy things,

he and his sons forever, to offer sacrifices before the Lord,

to minister to Him, and to bless in His name forever.

14 (Dt 33:1; 1Ch 26:23-25) As for Moses, the man of God,

his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

15(Ex 2:22; 18:3-4)The sons of Moses were

Gershom and Eliezer.

16 (1Ch 26:24) The son of Gershom was

Shubael the chief.

17The son of Eliezer was

Rehabiah the chief.

Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

18The son of Izhar was

Shelomith the chief.

19 (1Ch 24:23) The sons of Hebron were

Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third,

and Jekameam the fourth.

20 The sons of Uzziel were

Micah the first and Ishiah the second.

Merarites

21 (Ex 6:19) The sons of Merari were

Mahli and Mushi.

The sons of Mahli were

Eleazar and Kish.

22 (1Ch 24:28) Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters, so the sons

of Kish, their brothers, took them as wives.

23 (1Ch 24:30)The sons of Mushi were

Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

24 (Nu 10:17; 10:21) These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers'

houses, the heads of the fathers' houses as they were registered

by the number of their names according to their head count,

those doing the work for the service of the house of the Lord,

from twenty years old and up.

25 (1Ch 22:18) For David said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest

to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

26 (Nu 4:5; 7:9) And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle

and all its implements for its service."

27 (1Ch 23:24) For by the last words of David, the sons of Levi were numbered

from twenty years old and up;

28 (Ne 13:9) because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service

of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers,

with the purifying of all holy things, even the work of service

of the house of God,

29 (Lev 19:35-36; Ex 25:30) and with the showbread, the fine flour for

a grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering,

the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity and size,

30 (1Ch 9:33) to stand morning by morning to thank and praise the Lord,

and likewise in the evening,

31 (Isa 1:13-14) and to offer up all burnt offerings to the Lord,

for Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, by number

as the judgment concerning them, continually before the Lord,

32 (Nu 1:53; 3:6-9) and that they should keep charge of the tent

of meeting and the sanctuary and attend to the sons of Aaron,

their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.



1 Chronicles 23

Temple Appointments

1 So when David was old and full of days,

he made Solomon his son king over Israel.



Priests and Levites



2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,

with the priests and the Levites.

3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward:

and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work

of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

5 moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD

with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,

namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were,

the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, 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 Beriah

had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,

according to their father's house.

12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,

that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever,

to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him,

and to bless in his name for ever.

14 Now concerning Moses the man of God,

his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah 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,

Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.

21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren

the sons of Kish took them.

23 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 counted by number of names

by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD,

from the age of twenty years and upward.

25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,

that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

26 and also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,

nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered

from twenty years old and above:

28 because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service

of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers,

and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service

of the house of God;

29 both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering,

and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan,

and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD,

and likewise at even;

31 and to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths,

in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according

to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

32 and that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of

the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of

the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.



1 Chronicles 24

Priestly Divisions Assigned

1 (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2) Now the divisions of the sons of Aaron were these.

The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 (Lev 10:2; Nu 3:4) But Nadab and Abihu died before their father,

and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

3 (2Sa 8:17; 1Ch 24:31) Then David, along with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar

and Ahimelek of the sons of Ithamar, divided them to their offices

by their service.

4 Since the sons of Eleazar were found to have more chief men than the sons

of Ithamar, they divided them into sixteen heads of the fathers' houses

for the sons of Eleazar, and eight for the sons of Ithamar, according

to their fathers' houses.

5 (1Ch 24:31) So they divided them by lots, the one as the other, for there

were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among

both the sons of Eleazar and Ithamar.

6 (1Ch 18:16) Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, the Levite scribe, wrote them

down in the presence of the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelek

the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests

and the Levites, one father's house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

7 (Ezr 2:36) The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

8 (Ezr 2:39) the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

9 the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

10 (Lk 1:5; Ne 12:4) the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shekaniah,

12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

17 the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

19 (1Ch 9:25) These were their appointments for their service to come

into the house of the Lord according to the schedule prescribed for them

by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

Remaining Levite Assignments

20 Now for the remaining sons of Levi:

from the sons of Amram, Shubael;

from the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

21 (1Ch 23:17) For Rehabiah: from the sons of Rehabiah,

the first was Ishiah.

22 (1Ch 23:18) From the Izharites, Shelomoth;

from the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

23 (1Ch 23:19) The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

24 (1Ch 23:20) The sons of Uzziel, Micah;

from the sons of Micah, Shamir.

25 The brother of Micah, Ishiah;

from the sons of Ishiah, Zechariah.

26 The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi;

the son of Jaaziah, Beno.

27 The sons of Merari:

by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zakkur, and Ibri.

28 (1Ch 23:22) For Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

29 For Kish: the son of Kish,

Jerahmeel.

30 (1Ch 23:23) The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

31 (1Ch 24:5-6; 25:8) These also cast lots just as their brothers,

the sons of Aaron, in the presence of David the king, Zadok,

Ahimelek, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests

and of the Levites, the head of the fathers' houses as well

as his younger brother.