1 Chronicles 23:24–32

Duties Revised

^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 the Lord, ^bfrom twenty years old and upward.

²⁵For David said, “The Lord 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 utensils for its service.”

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

²⁸For their office is ¹to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying 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 baked in the pan or ^dwhat is well-mixed, and ^eall measures of volume and size.

³⁰They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,

³¹and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, ^aon the sabbaths, the new moons and ^bthe fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord.

³²Thus ^athey are to keep charge of the tent of meeting, and charge of the holy place, and ^bcharge of the sons of Aaron their ¹relatives, for the service of the house of the Lord.