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1Thaum Davi muaj hnub nyoog ntau thiab laus heev lawm nws tsa nws tus tub Xalaumoo ua vajntxwv kav Yixayee.
Cov Levi tej haujlwm
2Davi hu Yixayee cov thawj sawvdaws thiab cov pov thawj thiab cov Levi tuaj txoos ua ke.
3Cov Levi uas hnub nyoog muaj peb caug xyoo rov saud mas suav tau muaj peb vam yim txhiab leej.
4Davi hais tias, “Cov Levi no mas ob vam plaub txhiab leej yuav saib xyuas tej haujlwm hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev thiab rau txhiab leej yuav ua cov nom tswv thiab cov tu plaub,
5thiab plaub txhiab leej yuav ua cov zov tej rooj loog, thiab plaub txhiab leej yuav hu nkauj qhuas Yawmsaub thiab siv tej cuab yeej phim nkauj uas kuv twb npaj tau cia qhuas Yawmsaub.”
6Mas Davi muab lawv faib ua peb pab raws li Levi peb tug tub, yog Kawsoo, Khauha thiab Melali.
7Kwsoo li tub yog Ladas thiab Sime‑i.
8Ladas muaj peb leeg tub yog Yehi‑ee uas ua tus thawj, thiab Xetha thiab Yau‑ee.
9Sime‑i muaj peb leeg tub yog Selaumau, Haxi‑ee thiab Halas. No yog cov ua thawj hauv cum Ladas tej yim.
10Sime‑i cov tub yog Yahas, Xina,⚓ Ye‑u thiab Npeliya. Cov no yog Sime‑i plaub leeg tub.
11Yahas ua tus thawj, Xixas ua tus ob. Tiamsis Ye‑u thiab Npeliya tsis muaj tub coob, yog li ntawd thiaj suav lawv ua tib yim.
12Khauha muaj plaub leeg tub, yog Alav, Ixaha, Heploo thiab Uxi‑ee.
13Alav cov tub yog Aloo thiab Mauxe. Aloo raug tsa ua tus uas muab tej qhov txhia chaw dawb huv kawg nkaus cais pub rau Yawmsaub, nws thiab nws cov tub yuav hlawv cov hmoov tshuaj tsw qab rau ntawm Yawmsaub xubntiag thiab ua koom tu nws thiab tuav nws lub npe foom koob hmoov mus ib txhis tsis kawg.
14Mauxe uas yog Vajtswv li neeg cov tub muab suav rau hauv xeem Levi.
15Mauxe ob tug tub yog Kawsoo thiab Eliyexaw.
16Kawsoo li tub yog Senpu‑ee uas ua tus thawj.
17Eliyexaw tus tub yog Lehanpiya uas ua tus thawj. Eliyexaw tsis muaj tub li lawm, tiamsis Lehanpiya muaj tub coob coob li.
18Ixaha tus tub yog Selaumi uas ua tus thawj.
19Heploo cov tub yog Yeliya uas ua tus thawj, Amaliya ua tus ob, Yahaxi‑ee ua tus peb thiab Yekhame‑as ua tus plaub.
20Uxi‑ee li tub yog Mikha uas ua tus thawj thiab Isiya ua tus ob.
21Melali cov tub yog Mali thiab Musi. Mali cov tub yog Ele‑axa thiab Khij.
22Ele‑axa tuag lawm tsis muaj tub tiamsis muaj ntxhais xwb. Khij cov tub yuav cov ntxhais ntawd uas yog lawv li muam.
23Musi muaj peb leeg tub yog Mali, Edaw thiab Yelemau.
24Cov no yog Levi li tub raws li lawv tej cum, thiab yog cov thawj hauv tej yim raws li lawv tau nce npe cia, yog cov uas tau txheeb npe thiab hnub nyoog muaj nees nkaum xyoo rov saud es yuav ua haujlwm hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev.
25Rau qhov Davi hais tias, “Yawmsaub uas yog cov Yixayee tus Vajtswv tau pub kom nws haiv neeg nyob tso siab lug, thiab nws nyob hauv Yeluxalees mus ib txhis.
26Mas cov Levi tsis txog kwv lub tsev ntaub thiab tej twj uas siv ua num rau hauv li lawm.”
27Raws li Davi tau hais thaum kawg cov Levi uas hnub nyoog nees nkaum xyoo rov saud raug txheeb npe xwb.
28Tej haujlwm uas lawv yuav tsum ua yog pab Aloo cov tub ua tej haujlwm hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev, thiab saib tej tshav puam thiab tej chav tsev, thiab tu tej twj siv dawb huv kom txhob qias tsis huv, thiab txhua yam haujlwm uas ua rau Vajtswv lub tuam tsev.
29Thiab lawv yuav pab npaj cov ncuav uas xyeem txawb rau ntawm Yawmsaub xubntiag, thiab cov hmoov mog uas ua kevcai xyeem qoob loo, thiab tej daim ncuav tsis xyaw keeb nyias nyias, thiab tej daim ncuav ci, thiab cov roj ntse qhov txhia chaw xyeem, thiab txhua yam uas siv ntsuas thiab luj.
30Txhua txhia tagkis mas lawv yuav sawv ua tsaug thiab qhuas Yawmsaub, thiab thaum yuav tsaus ntuj kuj ua ib yam nkaus li,
31thiab ua rau lub sijhawm uas ua kevcai hlawv huvsi xyeem rau Yawmsaub rau hnub Xanpatau⚓ thiab hnub hli xiab thiab hnub uas ua kevcai pam noj pam haus raws li txhua lub sijhawm uas teem cia, mas lawv yuav ua rau ntawm Yawmsaub xubntiag mus ib txhis li.
32Ua li ntawd mas lawv yuav saib thiab tu lub tsev ntaub sib ntsib thiab lub chaw pe Yawmsaub thiab pab Aloo cov tub uas yog lawv li kwvtij ua tej haujlwm hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev.
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The Levites
1When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
3The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.
4David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.
5Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
6David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Gershonites
7Belonging to the Gershonites:
Ladan and Shimei.
8The sons of Ladan:
Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel—three in all.
9The sons of Shimei:
Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran—three in all.
These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10And the sons of Shimei:
Jahath, Ziza,⚓ Jeush and Beriah.
These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
11Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.
Kohathites
12The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel—four in all.
13The sons of Amram:
Aaron and Moses.
Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
14The sons of Moses the man of God were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
15The sons of Moses:
Gershom and Eliezer.
16The descendants of Gershom:
Shubael was the first.
17The descendants of Eliezer:
Rehabiah was the first.
Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
18The sons of Izhar:
Shelomith was the first.
19The sons of Hebron:
Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
20The sons of Uzziel:
Micah the first and Ishiah the second.
Merarites
21The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish.
22Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23The sons of Mushi:
Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth—three in all.
24These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the Lord.
25For David had said, “Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
26the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”
27According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.
28The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.
29They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
30They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening
31and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
32And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.