1 Chronicles 23

1 Therfor Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynede Salomon, his sone, kyng on Israel.

Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

2 And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes;

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

3 and the dekenes weren noumbrid fro twenti yeer and aboue, and eiyte and thretti thousynde of men weren foundun.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

4 And foure and twenty thousynde men weren chosun of hem, and weren departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheli of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousynde;

Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

5 forsothe foure thousynde `porteris weren, and so many syngeris, syngynge to the Lord in orguns, whiche Dauid hadde maad for to synge.

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.

6 And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary.

And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye.

Of the Gershonites; Ladan and Shimei.

8 The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel.

The sons of Ladan; Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

9 The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren the princes of the meynees of Leedan.

The sons of Shimei; Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ [houses] of Ladan.

10 Forsothe the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei.

And the sons of Shimei; Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

11 Sotheli Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; forsothe Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oon hows.

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.

12 The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel.

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

13 The sones of Amram weren Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron was departid, that he schulde mynystre in the hooli thing of hooli thingis, he and hise sones with outen ende, and to brenne encense to the Lord bi his custom, and to blesse his name with outen ende.

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 Also the sones of Moyses, man of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy.

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

15 The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Elieser.

The sons of Moses; Gershom and Eliezer.

16 The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firste.

The sons of Gershom; Shebuel the chief.

17 Sotheli the sones of Eliezer weren Roboya the firste, and othere sones weren not to Eliezer; forsothe the sones of Roboia weren multipliede ful miche.

And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

18 The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste.

The sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

19 The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe.

The sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

20 The sones of Oziel; `Mycha the firste, Jesia the secounde.

The sons of Uzziel; Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

21 The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. The sones of Mooli weren Eleazar, and Cys.

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

22 Sotheli Eleazar was deed, and hadde not sones, but douytris; and the sones of Cys, the britheren of hem, weddiden hem.

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them [to wife].

23 The sones of Musi weren thre, Mooli, and Heder, and Jerymuth.

The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

24 These weren the sones of Leuy in her kynredis and meynees, prynces bi whilis, and noumbre of alle heedis, that diden the trauel of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, fro twenti yeer and aboue.

These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ [houses] of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

25 For Dauid seide, The Lord God of Israel hath youe reste to his puple, and a dwellyng in Jerusalem til in to with outen ende;

For David said, The LORD, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:

26 and it schal not be the office of dekenes for to bere more the tabernacle, and alle vessels therof for to mynystre.

and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.

27 Also bi the laste comaundementis of Dauid the noumbre of the sones of Leuy schulen be rikened fro twenti yeer and aboue;

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

28 and thei schulen be vndir the hond of the sones of Aaron in to the worschipe of the hows of the Lord, in porchis, and in chaumbris, and in the place of clensyng, and in the seyntuarie, and in alle werkis of the seruyce of the temple of the Lord.

For 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, even the work of the service of the house of God;

29 Forsothe preestis schulen be ouer the looues of proposicioun, and to the sacrifice of flour, and to the pastis sodun in watir, and to the therf looues, and friyng panne, and to hoot flour, and to seenge, and ouer al weiyte and mesure.

for the shewbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

30 Forsothe the dekenes schulen be, that thei stonde eerli, for to knowleche and synge to the Lord, and lijk maner at euentide,

and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

31 as wel in the offryng of brent sacrifices of the Lord, as in sabatis, and kalendis, and othere solempnytees, bi the noumbre and cerymonyes of eche thing contynueli bifor the Lord;

and to offer all burnt offerings unto the LORD, in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feast, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD:

32 and that thei kepe the obseruaunces of the tabernacle of the boond of pees of the Lord, and the custum of the seyntuarie, and the obseruaunce of the sones of Aaron, her britheren, that thei mynystre in the hows of the Lord.

and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.