1 Chronicles 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1Igitur David, senex et plenus dierum, regem constituit Salomonem filium suum super Israël.
2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
2Et congregavit omnes principes Israël, et sacerdotes atque Levitas.
3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
3Numeratique sunt Levitæ a triginta annis et supra: et inventa sunt triginta octo millia virorum.
4Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;
4Ex his electi sunt, et distributi in ministerium domus Domini, viginti quatuor millia: præpositorum autem et judicum, sex millia.
5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD 'with the instruments which I made to praise therewith.'
5Porro quatuor millia janitores, et totidem psaltæ, canentes Domino in organis quæ fecerat ad canendum.
6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6Et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi, Gerson videlicet, et Caath, et Merari.
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan, and Shimei.
7Filii Gerson: Leedan, et Semei.
8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
8Filii Leedan: princeps Jahiel, et Zethan, et Joël, tres.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
9Filii Semei: Salomith, et Hosiel, et Aran, tres: isti principes familiarum Leedan.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
10Porro filii Semei: Leheth, et Ziza, et Jaus, et Baria: isti filii Semei, quatuor.
11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
11Erat autem Leheth prior, Ziza secundus: porro Jaus et Baria non habuerunt plurimos filios, et idcirco in una familia, unaque domo computati sunt.
12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
12Filii Caath: Amram, et Isaar, Hebron, et Oziel, quatuor.
13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should be sanctified as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before the LORD, to minister unto Him, and to bless in His name for ever.
13Filii Amram: Aaron et Moyses. Separatusque est Aaron ut ministraret in Sancto sanctorum, ipse et filii ejus in sempiternum, et adoleret incensum Domino secundum ritum suum, ac benediceret nomini ejus in perpetuum.
14But as for Moses the man of God, his sons are named among the tribe of Levi.
14Moysi quoque hominis Dei filii annumerati sunt in tribu Levi.
15The sons of Moses: Gershom, and Eliezer.
15Filii Moysi: Gersom et Eliezer.
16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
16Filii Gersom: Subuel primus.
17And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
17Fuerunt autem filii Eliezer: Rohobia primus: et non erant Eliezer filii alii. Porro filii Rohobia multiplicati sunt nimis.
18The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
18Filii Isaar: Salomith primus.
19The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
19Filii Hebron: Jeriau primus, Amarias secundus, Jahaziel tertius, Jecmaam quartus.
20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
20Filii Oziel: Micha primus, Jesia secundus.
21The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar, and Kish.
21Filii Merari: Moholi, et Musi. Filii Moholi: Eleazar et Cis.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.
22Mortuus est autem Eleazar, et non habuit filios, sed filias: acceperuntque eas filii Cis fratres earum.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
23Filii Musi: Moholi, et Eder, et Jerimoth, tres.
24These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.
24Hi filii Levi in cognationibus et familiis suis, principes per vices, et numerum capitum singulorum qui faciebant opera ministerii domus Domini, a viginti annis et supra.
25For David said: 'The LORD, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto His people, and He dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever;
25Dixit enim David: Requiem dedit Dominus Deus Israël populo suo, et habitationem Jerusalem usque in æternum.
26and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.'
26Nec erit officii Levitarum ut ultra portent tabernaculum et omnia vasa ejus ad ministrandum.
27For by the last ordinances of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.
27Juxta præcepta quoque David novissima, supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annis et supra.
28For their station was at the side of 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, even the work of the service of the house of God;
28Et erunt sub manu filiorum Aaron in cultum domus Domini, in vestibulis, et in exedris, et in loco purificationis, et in sanctuario, et in universis operibus ministerii templi Domini.
29for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;
29Sacerdotes autem, super panes propositionis, et ad similæ sacrificium, et ad lagana azyma, et sartaginem, et ad torrendum, et super omne pondus atque mensuram.
30and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
30Levitæ vero ut stent mane ad confitendum et canendum Domino: similiterque ad vesperam,
31and to offer all burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and in the appointed seasons, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before the LORD;
31tam in oblatione holocaustorum Domini, quam in sabbatis et calendis et solemnitatibus reliquis juxta numerum et cæremonias uniuscujusque rei, jugiter coram Domino.
32and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.
32Et custodiant observationes tabernaculi fœderis, et ritum sanctuarii, et observationem filiorum Aaron fratrum suorum, ut ministrent in domo Domini.
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