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

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 specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

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.

and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty- eight thousand.David said,“ Of these, twenty- four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of Yahweh’s house, from twenty years old and upward.For David said,“ Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”

Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were close to them according to their offices.Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.In the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ households: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ households; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ households, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest and scribe.