1 Chronicles 23:24–32

The Service of the Levites

^24aThese were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were ¹counted, in the number of names by their ²census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, ^bfrom twenty years old and upward.

²⁵For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, ^ahas given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

²⁶“Also, ^athe Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings for its service.”

²⁷For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

²⁸For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

^29aand with the showbread, and ^bthe fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or ^cwhat is made on the griddle, or ^dwhat is well stirred, and ^eall measures of volume and size.

³⁰And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening,

³¹and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, ^aon the sabbaths, the new moons and ^bthe appointed times in the number set by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh.

³²Thus ^athey shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy place, and ^bresponsibility of the sons of Aaron their ¹relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.