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 only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.
23. The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24. 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 Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
25. For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:
26. and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.
27. For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
28. For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, 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. for the showbread 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;