“ Organize your ancestral families by your divisions according to the written instruction of King David of Israel and that of his son Solomon.

你们应当按着宗族，照着班次，遵以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的，自己预备。

你们应当按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的，预备自己。

你们应当按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的，预备自己。

你们要按宗族和班次，依照以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的指示，预备自己。

你们要按着家族和照着班次，根据以色列王大卫所写的和他儿子所罗门所写的，自己好好预备。

你們應當按着宗族，照着班次，遵以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的，自己預備。

你們應當按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的，預備自己。

你們應當按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的，預備自己。

你們要按宗族和班次，依照以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的指示，預備自己。

你們要按著家族和照著班次，根據以色列王大衛所寫的和他兒子所羅門所寫的，自己好好預備。

你們要好好地準備，按着你們父系的家族、照着班次、根據以色列王大衛所寫的詔書，以及大衛兒子所羅門所寫的詔書來準備。

亦當自備、按爾宗族、循爾班列、遵以色列王大衛、及其子所羅門所書者、

爾當自備、按爾譜系、循爾班列、遵以色列王大闢及其子所羅門命、

爾當自備、按爾宗族、循爾班列、遵以色列王大衛及其子所羅門所錄之例、

Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves by families in your groups. Do it based on the directions written by David, the king of Israel, and by his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.

Report for duty according to the family divisions of your ancestors, following the directions of King David of Israel and the directions of his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves by your fathers’ households in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, following the written instruction of David king of Israel and the written instruction of Solomon his son.

and prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

“ Organize your ancestral houses by your divisions according to the written instruction of David king of Israel and that of his son Solomon.

And prepare[ yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

According to the ordinances of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, of the Levites over their responsibilities to offer praise and to minister before the priests following the daily requirement, and of the gatekeepers by their divisions with respect to each temple gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.The Levites thirty years old or more were counted; the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.“ Of these,” David said,“ twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the LORD’s temple, six thousand are to be officers and judges,four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the instruments that I have made for worship.”Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.Ladan’s sons: Jehiel was the first, then Zetham, and Joel— three.Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran— three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons— four.Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became one family and received a single assignment.Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel— four.Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses. Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of the LORD, to minister to him, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.Moses’s sons: Gershom and Eliezer.Gershom’s sons: Shebuel was first.Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous.Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first.Hebron’s sons: Jeriah was first, Amariah second, Jahaziel third, and Jekameam fourth.Uzziel’s sons: Micah was first, and Isshiah second.Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth— three.These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral families— the family heads, according to their registration by name in the headcount— twenty years old or more, who worked in the service of the LORD’s temple.For David said,“ The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he has come to stay in Jerusalem forever.Also, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service”—

The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

The priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, andSeraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple,and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijahand his relatives, the heads of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the heads of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the one who began the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.All the Levites in the holy city: 284.The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the city gates: 172.The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.

The priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;and their relatives, the heads of their ancestral families— 1,760 in all. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the settlements of the Netophathites.The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his ancestral family, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent. Their ancestors had been assigned to the LORD’s camp as guardians of the entrance.In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the LORD was with him.Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements. David and the seer Samuel had appointed them to their trusted positions.So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the LORD’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days,but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.Some of the priests’ sons mixed the spices.A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.Some of the Kohathites’ relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the Bread of the Presence every Sabbath.The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.These were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their family records; they lived in Jerusalem.