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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 Divisions of the Levites
1So when David was old and full of days, he made his son ⚓Solomon king over Israel.
2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of ⚓thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.
4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to ⚓look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were⚓officers and judges,
5four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand ⚓praised the Lord with musical instruments, ⚓“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
6Also ⚓David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7Of the ⚓Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
8The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all.
9The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan.
10And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.
11Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.
12⚓The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
13The sons of ⚓Amram: Aaron and Moses; and ⚓Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, ⚓to burn incense before the Lord, ⚓to minister to Him, and ⚓to give the blessing in His name forever.
14Now ⚓the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
15⚓The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.
16Of the sons of Gershon, ⚓Shebuel was the first.
17Of the descendants of Eliezer, ⚓Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18Of the sons of Izhar, ⚓Shelomith was the first.
19⚓Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.
21⚓The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and ⚓Kish.
22And Eleazar died, and ⚓had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, ⚓took them as wives.
23⚓The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.
24These were the sons of ⚓Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of ⚓twenty years and above.
25For David said, “The Lord God of Israel ⚓has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;
26and also to the Levites, “They shall no longer ⚓carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”
27For by the ⚓last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;
28because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,
29both with ⚓the showbread and ⚓the fine flour for the grain offering, with ⚓the unleavened cakes and ⚓what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of ⚓measures and sizes;
30to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;
31and at every presentation of a burnt offering to the Lord⚓on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the ⚓set feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly before the Lord;
32and that they should ⚓attend to the ⚓needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the ⚓needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the Lord.