Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the LORD’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the LORD’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the LORD with joy and music, according to the law of Moses and the edict of David.

耶何耶大派官看守耶和华的殿，是在祭司利未人手下。这祭司利未人是大卫分派在耶和华殿中、照摩西律法上所写的，给耶和华献燔祭，又按大卫所定的例，欢乐歌唱；

耶何耶大派官员在利未家的祭司手下看守耶和华的殿，他们是大卫所分派的，在耶和华殿中照摩西律法上所写，献燔祭给耶和华，又按大卫所定的，欢乐歌唱。

耶何耶大派官员在利未家的祭司手下看守耶和华的殿，他们是大卫所分派的，在耶和华殿中照摩西律法上所写，献燔祭给耶和华，又按大卫所定的，欢乐歌唱。

耶何耶大照大卫的吩咐让利未祭司负责耶和华殿里的事务。大卫曾吩咐利未祭司在耶和华的殿中司职，照摩西的律法向耶和华献燔祭，欢呼歌唱。

耶何耶大把看守耶和华殿的责任，交在利未支派的祭司手里；这些利未支派的祭司是大卫分派在耶和华的殿中，照着摩西的律法所记的，给耶和华献燔祭，又照着大卫所定的，欢乐歌唱。

耶何耶大派官看守耶和華的殿，是在祭司利未人手下。這祭司利未人是大衛分派在耶和華殿中、照摩西律法上所寫的，給耶和華獻燔祭，又按大衛所定的例，歡樂歌唱；

耶何耶大派官員在利未家的祭司手下看守耶和華的殿，他們是大衛所分派的，在耶和華殿中照摩西律法上所寫，獻燔祭給耶和華，又按大衛所定的，歡樂歌唱。

耶何耶大派官員在利未家的祭司手下看守耶和華的殿，他們是大衛所分派的，在耶和華殿中照摩西律法上所寫，獻燔祭給耶和華，又按大衛所定的，歡樂歌唱。

耶何耶大照大衛的吩咐讓利未祭司負責耶和華殿裡的事務。大衛曾吩咐利未祭司在耶和華的殿中司職，照摩西的律法向耶和華獻燔祭，歡呼歌唱。

耶何耶大把看守耶和華殿的責任，交在利未支派的祭司手裡；這些利未支派的祭司是大衛分派在耶和華的殿中，照著摩西的律法所記的，給耶和華獻燔祭，又照著大衛所定的，歡樂歌唱。

耶何耶大就派官來看守永恆主的殿，在祭司利未人手下；這些祭司利未人是大衛所分派來負責永恆主的殿，按摩西律法上所寫的給永恆主獻上燔祭，又照大衛所手定的來歡樂歌唱的。

耶何耶大設官守耶和華室、使利未人祭司掌之、昔大衛分其班次於耶和華室、使獻燔祭於耶和華、循摩西律所載、歡呼謳歌、依大衛所定之例、

昔大闢立利未人、及祭司之班列、在耶和華殿、欣喜、謳歌、燔祭、循摩西例、今耶何耶大法而為之、

耶何耶大循昔大衛在主殿所定之班列、令祭司及利未人盡主殿之職、遵摩西律法所載、獻火焚祭於主、又循大衛所定之例、獻祭之時、歡呼謳歌、

Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.

Then Jehoiada put the priests, who were Levites, in charge of the Lord’ s temple. David had given them their duties in the temple. He had appointed them to sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord. He wanted them to do it in keeping with what was written in the Law of Moses. David wanted them to sing and be full of joy.

And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

Jehoiada now put the priests and Levites in charge of the Temple of the Lord, following all the directions given by David. He also commanded them to present burnt offerings to the Lord, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, and to sing and rejoice as David had instructed.

Then Jehoiada put the oversight of the LORD’s temple into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the LORD’s temple, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and song ordained by David.

Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the Lord under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses— with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David.

Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the Lord to the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was established by David.

And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt- offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

Then Jehoiada put the oversight of the Lord’s temple into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the Lord’s temple, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and song ordained by David.

Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as[ it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing,[ as it was ordained] by David.

Jehoiada appointed the officers of Yahweh’s house under the hand of the Levitical priests, whom David had distributed in Yahweh’s house, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as David had ordered.

The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent.

King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the LORD’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered.( The LORD had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility:From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision.From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah– six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the LORD’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the LORD, numbered two hundred eighty-eight.They cast lots to determine their responsibilities– oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons– twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons– twelve in all,the third to Zaccur and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the fourth to Izri and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the fifth to Nethaniah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the seventh to Jesharelah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the eighth to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the ninth to Mattaniah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the tenth to Shimei and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the eleventh to Azarel and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the twelfth to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the fourteenth to Mattithiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the fifteenth to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the sixteenth to Hananiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the twenty-first to Hothir and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the twenty-third to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer and his sons and relatives– twelve in all.

Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the LORD’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.They also took care of the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring.They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the LORD. They also did this in the eveningand whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the LORD on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the LORD regularly in accordance with regulations.

The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Command the Israelites:‘ With regard to my offering, be sure to offer my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.’You will say to them,‘ This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the LORD: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering.The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon,with one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin of pressed olive oil.It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.“‘ And its drink offering must be one quarter of a hin for each lamb. You must pour out the strong drink as a drink offering to the LORD in the holy place.And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning, you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.“‘ On the Sabbath day, you must offer two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.“‘ On the first day of each month you must offer as a burnt offering to the LORD two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs a year old,with three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each bull, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for the ram,and one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.For their drink offerings, include half a hin of wine with each bull, one-third of a hin for the ram, and one-fourth of a hin for each lamb. This is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.And one male goat must be offered to the LORD as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.“‘ On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten.And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.“‘ But you must offer to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished.And their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull you must offer three-tenths of an ephah, and two-tenths for the ram.For each of the seven lambs you are to offer one-tenth of an ephah,as well as one goat for a purification offering, to make atonement for you.You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering.In this manner you must offer daily throughout the seven days the food of the sacrifice made by fire as a sweet aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.“‘ Also, on the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the LORD during your Feast of Weeks, you are to have a holy assembly. You must do no ordinary work.But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the LORD, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old,with their grain offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,with one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,as well as one male goat to make an atonement for you.you are to offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering– they must be unblemished.

When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.David said,“ Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I supplied for worship.”David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the oldest, Zetham, and Joel– three in all.The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran– three in all. These were the leaders of the family of Ladan.The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei’s sons– four in all.Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel– four in all.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the LORD, to serve him, and to praise his name.The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.The son of Gershom: Shebuel the oldest.The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.The son of Izhar: Shelomith the oldest.The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.The sons of Uzziel: Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them.The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth– three in all.These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD’s temple and were twenty years old and up.