1 Chronicles 23:3–23

³The Levites thirty years old or more were counted;^v the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.^{w 4}“Of these,” David said, “twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,^x six thousand are to be officers and judges,^{y 5}four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”^z

⁶Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons:^aa Gershom,^A Kohath, and Merari.

⁷The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

⁸Ladan’s sons: Jehiel was the first, then Zetham, and Joel—three.

⁹Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.

¹⁰Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah,^B Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons—four. ¹¹Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became one family^C and received a single assignment.

¹²Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four.

¹³Amram’s sons:^ab Aaron and Moses.

Aaron, along with his descendants,^ac was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of the Lord,^ad to minister to him, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever. ¹⁴As for Moses the man of God,^ae his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

¹⁵Moses’s sons: Gershom and Eliezer.

¹⁶Gershom’s sons: Shebuel was first.

¹⁷Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous.

¹⁸Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first.

¹⁹Hebron’s sons: Jeriah was first, Amariah second, Jahaziel third, and Jekameam fourth.

²⁰Uzziel’s sons: Micah was first, and Isshiah second.

²¹Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.

Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.

²²Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

²³Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three.