So I purified them from everything foreign and assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

这样，我洁净他们，使他们离绝一切外邦人，派定祭司和利未人的班次，使他们各尽其职。

这样，我洁净他们，使他们脱离属外邦人的一切；我又分派祭司和利未人的班次，使他们各尽其职，

这样，我洁净他们，使他们脱离属外邦人的一切；我又分派祭司和利未人的班次，使他们各尽其职，

这样，我清除了他们当中的一切外族之物，并指定祭司和利未人的职分，使他们各尽其职，

这样，我就洁净了他们，使他们脱离一切外族人的污秽，又重新指派祭司和利未人的职责，各人有自己的工作。

這樣，我潔淨他們，使他們離絕一切外邦人，派定祭司和利未人的班次，使他們各盡其職。

這樣，我潔淨他們，使他們脫離屬外邦人的一切；我又分派祭司和利未人的班次，使他們各盡其職，

這樣，我潔淨他們，使他們脫離屬外邦人的一切；我又分派祭司和利未人的班次，使他們各盡其職，

這樣，我清除了他們當中的一切外族之物，並指定祭司和利未人的職分，使他們各盡其職，

這樣，我就潔淨了他們，使他們脫離一切外族人的污穢，又重新指派祭司和利未人的職責，各人有自己的工作。

這樣、我便潔淨了他們，使他們除去一切屬於外族人的；我又重新立定了祭司和利未人的職守，使他們各有各的工作。

如是我潔斯眾、絕異邦人、且定祭司利未人之職任、俾供厥役、

我拒諸異邦人、使祭司利未人、各歸班列、守其職事。

如是、我潔之、使離異邦人、又立祭司與利未人之班次、使之各盡厥職、

So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign, and assigned them duties, each to his own task.

So I made the priests and Levites pure. I made them pure from every practice that had come from other countries and had made them impure. I gave them their duties. Each one had his own job to do.

Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;

So I purged out everything foreign and assigned tasks to the priests and Levites, making certain that each knew his work.

So I purified them from everything foreign, and assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each in his work,

Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,

Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

So I purified them from everything foreign and assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to the priests and the Levites.

Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.

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”—

These are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua.The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah— he and his relatives were in charge of the songs of praise.Bakbukiah, Unni, and their relatives stood opposite them in the services.Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, Eliashib fathered Joiada,Joiada fathered Jonathan, and Jonathan fathered Jaddua.In the days of Joiakim, the heads of the priestly families were Meraiah of Seraiah, Hananiah of Jeremiah,Meshullam of Ezra, Jehohanan of Amariah,Jonathan of Malluchi, Joseph of Shebaniah,Adna of Harim, Helkai of Meraioth,Zechariah of Iddo, Meshullam of Ginnethon,Zichri of Abijah, Piltai of Moadiah, of Miniamin,Shammua of Bilgah, Jehonathan of Shemaiah,Mattenai of Joiarib, Uzzi of Jedaiah,Kallai of Sallai, Eber of Amok,Hashabiah of Hilkiah, and Nethanel of Jedaiah.In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded while Darius the Persian ruled.Levi’s descendants, the family heads, were recorded in the Book of the Historical Events during the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.The heads of the Levites— Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them— gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the city gates.These served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.