6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shi∣me•…•….
8 The sons of Laadan, the chief was Jehiel▪ and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fa∣thers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zi∣na, and Jeush, and Beriah: These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the se∣cond: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their fathers house .
12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, He∣bron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sancti∣fie the most holy things , he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the Tribe of Levi .
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom and Eli∣ezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief . And Eliezer had none other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of the sons of Izhar She lomith the chief.
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, A∣mariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekame∣am the fourth.
20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jeshiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi: the sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi, after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever.
26 And also unto the Levites , they shall no more carry the Tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27 For by the last words of David , the Levites were numbred from twenty years old and above.
28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things , and the work of the service of the house of God.
29 Both for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fryed, and for all manner of measure and cise .