H9002–/וְ–v

And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

וָמָ֑עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;

וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁפְטִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת (וְ) ve. “and”

And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

וּמְרָרִֽי׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.

וְזֵתָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

וַחֲזִיאֵ֛ל (וַ) va. “and”וְהָרָ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וִיע֖וּשׁ (וִ) vi. “and”וּבְרִיעָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.

וְזִיזָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וִיע֤וּשׁ (וִ) vi. “and”וּבְרִיעָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

וְעֻזִּיאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.

וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבָנָיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבָרֵ֥ךְ (וּ) u. “and”

And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi.

וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃ (וֶ) ve. “and”

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

וִֽיקַמְעָ֖ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second.

וְיִשִּׁיָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

וּמוּשִׁ֔י (וּ) u. “and”וְקִֽישׁ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.

וְעֵ֛דֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וִירֵמ֖וֹת (וִ) vi. “and”

These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.

וָמָֽעְלָה׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.

וּלְמָֽעְלָה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;

וּלְלֶ֨חֶם (וּ) u. “and”וּלְסֹ֤לֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְלִרְקִיקֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַמֻּרְבָּ֑כֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִדָּֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;

וְלַעֲמֹד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהַלֵּ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”וְכֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”