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Cov kws zuv qhov rooj

¹Cov quas paab kws zuv tej rooj loog yog le nuav. Khaula caaj ceg yog Khaule tug tub Meselemiya kws yog Axas cum. ²Meselemiya muaj tub, tug hlub yog Xekhaliya, tug ob yog Yentiya‑ee, tug peb yog Xenpantiya, tug plaub yog Yani‑ee, ³tug tswb yog Elaa, tug rau yog Yehauhanaa, tug xyaa yog Eli‑ehaunai. ⁴Hab Aunpe Entoo muaj tub, tug hlub yog Semaya, tug ob yog Yehauxanpa, tug peb yog Yau‑av, tug plaub yog Xakha, tug tswb yog Nethanee, ⁵tug rau yog Ami‑ee, tug xyaa yog Ixakha, tug yim yog Pe‑ulethai, tsua qhov Vaajtswv foom koob moov rua nwg. ⁶Hab nwg tug tub Semaya kuj muaj tub kws ua thawj huv tej quas yim, tsua qhov puab yog cov kws muaj peevxwm heev. ⁷Semaya cov tub yog Auni, Lefa‑ee, Aunpe hab Eexanpa, hab puab cov kwvtij kws muaj peevxwm yog Elihu hab Xemakhiya. ⁸Cov nuav huvsw yog Aunpe Entoo le tub ki xeeb ntxwv hab nwg cov kwvtij, yog cov kws muaj peevxwm txaus ua tau Vaajtswv teg num. Aunpe Entoo cov nuav huvsw muaj rau caum ob leeg. ⁹Meselemiya muaj tub hab kwvtij kws muaj peevxwm huvsw kaum yim leej. ¹⁰Hauxa kws yog Melali caaj ceg muaj tub, yog Sili kws ua tug thawj. Txawm yog nwg tsw yog tug tub hlub los nwg txwv tsaa nwg ua tug thawj. ¹¹Hikhiya yog tug ob, Thenpaliya yog tug peb, Xekhaliya yog tug plaub. Hauxa cov tub hab cov kwvtij huvsw muaj kaum peb leeg.
¹²Cov kws zuv tej rooj loog nuav muab faib ua tej quas paab lawv le puab cov thawj coj mas muaj daag num kws puab yuav tsum ua koom huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev ib yaam le puab cov kwvtij. ¹³Puab rhu ntawv lawv le puab cov quas yim saib yim twg yuav nyob lub rooj loog twg, txawm yog yim muaj coob muaj tsawg los ib yaam nkaus. ¹⁴Rhu daim ntawv zuv lub rooj loog saab nub tuaj mas tau Selemiya. Puab rhu ntawv rua nwg tug tub Xekhaliya kws muaj tswvyim hab txawj ntse heev. Puab rhu tau rua nwg zuv saab peg. ¹⁵Aunpe Entoo rhu tau daim ntawv zuv lub rooj loog saab nraag mas nwg cov tub rhu tau daim ntawv zuv lub txhaab kws khaws hov txhua chaw. ¹⁶Supi hab Hauxa rhu tau daim ntawv zuv saab nub poob ntawm lub Rooj Loog Salekhe ntawm txujkev kws nce toj. Puab faib ua quas paab sws hloov zuv lawv le kws teem ca. ¹⁷Saab nub tuaj muaj rau leej zuv txhua nub, saab peg muaj plaub leeg zuv txhua nub, saab nraag muaj plaub leeg zuv txhua nub, hab ob nkawm zuv lub txhaab khaws hov txhua chaw. ¹⁸Ntawm qaab khaav saab nub poob mas muaj plaub leeg zuv ntawm txujkev hab ob leeg zuv ntawm qaab khaav. ¹⁹Cov nuav yog tej quas paab kws zuv tej rooj loog kws yog Khaula caaj ceg hab Melali caaj ceg.

Cov kws ua lwm yaam num huv Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev

²⁰Cov Levi mas Ahiya ua tug kws saib tej txhaab nyaj huv Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev hab tej txhaab rau hov txhua chaw kws luas xyeem pub rua Vaajtswv. ²¹Kwsoo caaj ceg kws yog Lantaa cum mas cov thawj huv quas cum yog Yehi‑eli, ²²hab Yehi‑eli cov tub kws yog Xethaa hab Xethaa tug kwv Yau‑ee, puab yog cov kws saib tej txhaab nyaj huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev.
²³Alaav cum, Ixaha cum, Heploo cum hab cum Uxi‑ee ²⁴muaj Senpu‑ee kws yog Mauxe tug tub Kawsoo le caaj ceg, nwg ua tug thawj saib tej txhaab nyaj. ²⁵Hab nwg cov kwvtij yog le nuav, Eliyexaw caaj ceg yog Eliyexaw tug tub Lehanpiya, Lehanpiya tug tub Yesaya, Yesaya tug tub Yaulaa, Yaulaa tug tub Xikhi, hab Xikhi tug tub Selaumau. ²⁶Tug Selaumau nuav hab nwg cov kwvtij yog cov kws saib tej txhaab nyaj rau tej hov txhua chaw kws xyeem pub rua Vaajtswv huvsw kws vaajntxwv Tavi hab cov thawj huv cov quas cum hab cov thawj kaav ib txheeb leej, cov thawj kaav ib puas leej hab cov thawj kaav cov tub rog tau xyeem pub rua Vaajtswv. ²⁷Tej hov txhua chaw kws thaus puab moog ua rog es txeeb tau lug, puab tau muab ib txha pub tseg ca swv khu Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev. ²⁸Hab txhua yaam kws Xamuyee kws has pum tom hauv ntej hab Khij tug tub Xa‑u hab Naw tug tub Anaw hab Xeluya⚓ tug tub Yau‑a tau xyeem pub rua Vaajtswv mas Selaumau hab nwg cov kwvtij ua cov kws saib huvsw.
²⁹Ntawm Ixaha cum mas Khenaniya hab nwg cov tub raug tsaa ua daag num saab nrau Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev rua cov Yixayee. Puab ua cov num tswv hab cov tu plaub. ³⁰Heploo cum mas Hasanpiya hab nwg cov kwvtij muaj ib txheeb xyaa pua leej kws muaj peevxwm ua cov kws saib hab tu Yawmsaub tej num huvsw hab saib vaajntxwv tej num huv Yixayee tebchaws txwj ntawm tug nam dej Yalatee moog rua saab nub poob. ³¹Heploo cum mas muaj Yeliyas kws yog Heploo cum tug thawj lawv le puab keeb kwm caaj ceg kws sau ca. Xyoo plaub caug kws Tavi ua vaajntxwv kaav, puab tau tshuaj nrhav mas ntswb cov txwvneej Heploo kws muaj peevxwm heev huv lub moos Yaxaw huv tebchaws Kile‑a. ³²Vaajntxwv Tavi tau tsaa Yeliyas hab nwg cov kwvtij ob txheeb xyaa pua leej kws muaj peevxwm hab ua cov thawj huv tej quas yim ua cov kws saib xeem Lunpee hab xeem Kas hab ib nraab xeem Manaxe, txug txhua yaam kws ntswg txug Vaajtswv hab saib vaajntxwv tej num.

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The Gatekeepers

¹Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of ⚓Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ²And the sons of Meshelemiah were⚓Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
⁴Moreover the sons of ⚓Obed-Edom were Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.
⁶Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born who governed their fathers’ houses, because they were men of great ability. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers Elihu and Semachiah were able men.
⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brethren, ⚓able men with strength for the work: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
⁹And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, eighteen able men.
¹⁰Also ⚓Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first), ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
¹²Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of the Lord. ¹³And they ⚓cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house. ¹⁴The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate; ¹⁵to Obed-Edom the South Gate, and to his sons the storehouse. ¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ⚓ascending highway—watchman opposite watchman. ¹⁷On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouse two by two. ¹⁸As for the Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar. ¹⁹These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.

The Treasuries and Other Duties

²⁰Of the Levites, Ahijah was⚓over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the ⚓dedicated things. ²¹The sons of Laadan, the descendants of the Gershonites of Laadan, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²²The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of the Lord. ²³Of the ⚓Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: ²⁴⚓Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was overseer of the treasuries. ²⁵And his brethren by Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and ⚓Shelomith his son.
²⁶This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things ⚓which King David and the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated. ²⁷Some of the spoils won in battles they dedicated to maintain the house of the Lord. ²⁸And all that Samuel ⚓the seer, Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated, every dedicated thing, was under the hand of Shelomith and his brethren.
²⁹Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons ⚓performed duties as ⚓officials and judges over Israel outside Jerusalem.
³⁰Of the Hebronites, ⚓Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king. ³¹Among the Hebronites, ⚓Jerijah was head of the Hebronites according to his genealogy of the fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought, and there were found among them capable men ⚓at Jazer of Gilead. ³²And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred able men, heads of fathers’ houses, whom King David made officials over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and the ⚓affairs of the king.