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1 Chronicles 23:19-30 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

20. The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.

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

22. And Eleazar died, and he did not have sons, but only daughters. And the sons of Kish, their relatives, married them.

23. The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

24. These were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, the heads of the families, according to their enrollment, by the number of the names, according to their head count, who were to do the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and above.

25. For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

26. And also, the Levites do not need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”

27. For by the last words of David, they are the number of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and above.

28. For their station was to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courtyards, over the chambers, and over the cleansing of all the sanctified objects, and with the work of the service of the house of God,

29. and with the rows of bread, the flour, the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and for all the amounts and measurements.

30. And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising Yahweh, and likewise in the evening,

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