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.

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.

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

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.

And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties( to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.

So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were officers and judges,four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments,“ which I made,” said David,“ for giving praise.”Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel— three in all.The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran— three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan.And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel— four in all.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.Now the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.Of the sons of Gershon, Shebuel was the first.Of the descendants of Eliezer, Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.Of the sons of Izhar, Shelomith was the first.Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth— three in all.These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses— the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and above.For David said,“ The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;and also to the Levites,“ They shall no longer carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”

Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, and Jachin;Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God.Their brethren who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,and his brethren, heads of the fathers’ houses, were two hundred and forty-two; and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,and their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men.Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God;Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.And the rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God;Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses— one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief.Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the Lord.And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of meeting.All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south.And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days.For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning.Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count.Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices.And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trusted office over the things that were baked in the pans.And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.These are the singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night.These heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites were heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem.