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    1 Chronicles 23

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    The Levites are counted once at thirty, then again at twenty, and their sacred service includes the baking, mixing, and measuring of offerings. The chapter is quite happy to place holiness beside a kitchen bench, while leaving the change in age unexplained.

    A kingdom arranged by numbersvv. 1–6

    David, old and full of years, installs Solomon as king and then gathers Israel’s leaders, priests, and Levites. Thirty-year-old Levites and upward number 38,000: 24,000 for the house of the LORD, 6,000 as officers and judges, 4,000 as gatekeepers, and 4,000 to praise the LORD with David’s instruments. The great division follows the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—which is a splendidly tidy beginning for a list that soon becomes rather less tidy.

    The family list develops a wrinklevv. 7–23

    The Gershonites begin with Ladan and Shimei, and then Shimei receives two sets of sons. Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran are called the heads of Ladan’s families; after that come Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah as the sons of Shimei. Jahath is first and Zizah second, while Jeush and Beriah are folded together because they did not have many sons, receiving a single assignment between them. Kohath’s line names Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; Merari’s names Mahli and Mushi. Eleazar dies with daughters only, and the sons of Kish marry them—a family arrangement arriving with the briskness of a filing note.

    The sacred work becomes wonderfully practicalvv. 24–32

    The descendants of Levi are now registered from twenty years of age, rather than thirty, to work in the service of the house of the LORD. David says that the LORD has given Israel rest and will dwell in Jerusalem forever, so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or its articles. Their duties instead concern the courts, chambers, purification, showbread, flour, wafers, baking, mixing, and measurements, as well as morning and evening praise and regular service at the appointed offerings. The chapter ends with Levites carrying out the responsibilities of the Tent of Meeting and Holy Place under the descendants of Aaron, with worship and kitchen arithmetic sharing the same roster.

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    1. 1 Chr 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

    2. 1 Chr 23:2Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

    3. 1 Chr 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.

    4. 1 Chr 23:4“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

    5. 1 Chr 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

    6. 1 Chr 23:6Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    7. 1 Chr 23:7The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

    8. 1 Chr 23:8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.

    9. 1 Chr 23:9The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.

    10. 1 Chr 23:10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

    11. 1 Chr 23:11Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.

    12. 1 Chr 23:12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

    13. 1 Chr 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

    14. 1 Chr 23:14As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

    15. 1 Chr 23:15The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

    16. 1 Chr 23:16The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.

    17. 1 Chr 23:17The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.

    18. 1 Chr 23:18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.

    19. 1 Chr 23:19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

    20. 1 Chr 23:20The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.

    21. 1 Chr 23:21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

    22. 1 Chr 23:22Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

    23. 1 Chr 23:23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.

    24. 1 Chr 23:24These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

    25. 1 Chr 23:25For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

    26. 1 Chr 23:26So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”

    27. 1 Chr 23:27For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

    28. 1 Chr 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

    29. 1 Chr 23:29as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

    30. 1 Chr 23:30They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

    31. 1 Chr 23:31Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

    32. 1 Chr 23:32So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

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    • 11 Chronicles 29:28He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
    • 11 Chronicles 28:5And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
    • 13Deuteronomy 21:5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
    • 13Exodus 6:20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
    • 11 Kings 1:33–39“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
    • 14Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
    • 24Numbers 10:21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
    • 241 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
    • 24Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
    • 251 Chronicles 22:18“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
    • 252 Samuel 7:11and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
    • 25Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
    • 26Numbers 4:5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
    • 30Psalms 92:1–3A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
    • 32Numbers 1:53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
    • 42 Chronicles 19:8Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

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