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1. CHRONICLES.

The sons of Levi; 2Gershon, Ko2 hath, and Merari. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, 3 and Uzziel. And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron; Nadab and 4 Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abish5 ua; and Abishua begat Bukki, and 6 Bukki begat Uzzi; and Uzzi begat

Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Mera7 ioth; Meraioth begat Amariah, and 8 Amariah begat Ahitub; and Ahitub

begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahim9 aaz; and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, 10 and Azariah begat Johanan; and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusa11 lem:) and Azariah begat Amariah, 12 and Amariah begat Ahitub; and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat 13 Shallum; and Shallum begat Hil14 kiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah; and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah and Jehozadak 15 begat Jehozadak; went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 The sons of Levi; "Gershom, Ko17 hath, and Merari. And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni 18 and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and "The sons of And 19 Hebron, and Uzziel. Merari; Mahli and Mushi. these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses". 20 °Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath 21 his son, Zimmah his son; Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, "The sons of 22 Jeatherai his son. Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah 23 his son, Assir his son; Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir 24 his son; Tahath his son, 10 Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his 25 son. And the sons of Elkanah; AmasAs for Elkanah: 26 ai, and Ahimoth.

the sons of Elkanah; 11Zophai his son, 27 and 12Nahath his son; 018Eliab his

son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his 28 son. And the sons of Samuel; the

firstborn Foel, and the second 29 Abiah. The sons of Merari; Mahli,

[Ch. v. 27 in Heb.]

2 In ver. 16, Gershom.

In ch. ix. 11, Meshullam.
[Ch. vi. 1 in Heb.)

In ver. 1, Gershon.
Ethan.

6 In ver. 42,

7 In ver. 41, Adaiah.

In ver. 41, Ethni.

9 In ver. 2, 18, 38, Izhar.

Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah 30 his son; Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

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And these are they whom David
set over the service of song in the
house of the LORD, after that the ark
(32) had rest. And they ministered with
isong before the tabernacle of the
Itent of meeting, until Solomon had
built the house of the LORD in Jeru-
salem and they waited on their
33 office according to their order. And
these are they that "waited, 'and' their
Isons'. Of the sons of the Kohath-
ites Heman the singer, the son of
34 Joel, the son of 'Samuel'; the son
of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the
son of Eliel, the son of 16 Toah;
35 the son of 17Zuph, the son of Elka-

nah, the son of Mahath, the son of
36 Amasai; the son of Elkanah, the son

of 18Joel, the son of Azariah, the son 37 of Zephaniah; the son of Tahath,

the son of Assir, the son of Ebia38 saph, the son of Korah; the son of

Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of 39 Levi, the son of Israel. And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of 'Bere40 chiah', the son of Shimea; the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the 41 son of 'Malchijah!; the son of Ethni,

the son of Zerah, the son of Ad42 aiah; the son of Ethan, the son of 43 Zimmah, the son of Shimei ; the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the (44) son of Levi. And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: 19 Ethan the son of 20 Kishi, the son of 45 Abdi, the son of Malluch; the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the 46 son of Hilkiah; the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of 'Shemer'; 47 °the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 And their brethren the Levites were 21appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. (49) But Aaron and his sons 22offered upon the altar of burnt offering, and Jupon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God 50 had commanded. And these are the

10 In ver. 36, Zephaniah, Azariah,

Joel.

11 In ver. 35, Zuph.

12 In ver. 34, Toak.

13 In ver. 34, Eliel.

14 So the Syriac. See ver. 33, and
1 Sam. viii. 2.

The Hebrew text

has, Vashni, and Abiah.

15 Heb. stood.

16 In ver. 26, Nahath.

17 In ver. 26, Zophai.

18 In ver. 24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel.

19 In ch. ix. 16, Jeduthun.

20 In ch. xv. 17, Kushaiah.

21 Heb. given. See Num. iii. 9. 22 Or, burnt incense

VERSION OF 1611.-VI. 3 also; 10 temple; 19 fathers; 21 Jeaterai; 28 Vashni; 32 dwelling place .the congregation. . singing.. (then); 33 with. . children. . a . . Shemuel; 39 Berachiah; 40 Malchiah; ..unto.. manner of; 49 (the)..on.. (and were appointed).. (an). = [29] 44 (stood); 46 Shamer; 48 also

sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phin51 ehas his son, Abishua his son; °Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his 52 son; Meraioth his son, Amariah 53 his son, Ahitub his son; °Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

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Now these are their dwelling places Jaccording to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for 55) theirs was the first lot, to them

they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about 56 it; but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb (57) the son of Jephunneh. And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa 58 with her suburbs; and "Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs; 59 and Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin;

Geba with her suburbs, and "Allemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thir(61) teen cities. And unto 'the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half of Manasseh, 62 ten cities. And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe 64 of Zebulun, twelve cities. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites 65 the cities with their suburbs. And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are 'men66 tioned by name. And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders' out of the (67) tribe of Ephraim. And they gave

unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim

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with her suburbs; Gezer also with 68 her suburbs; °7and Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her sub69 urbs; and Aijalon with her suburbs,

and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70) and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the 71 family of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her sub72 urbs and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath 73 with her suburbs; and Ramoth with

her suburbs, and Anem with her sub74 urbs: and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon 75 with her suburbs; and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her 76 suburbs and out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathaim' with her sub77 urbs. Unto the rest of the Levites', the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono! with her suburbs, Tabor with her 78 suburbs and beyond the Jordan lat Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her 79 suburbs, landꞌ Kedemoth with her sub

urbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80 and out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth

in Gilead with her suburbs, and Maha81 naim with her suburbs, and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

71 And of the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2) And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam', and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses', to wit, of Tola; 'mighty' men of 'valour1 in their generations: 'their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand 3 and six hundred. And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah', five all of them chief men. (4 And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses', were

But see vv. 66-70 and Josh. xxi. 5.

7 See Josh. xxi. 22-39, where some of the names are different.

8 In Gen. xlvi. 13, Puvah, and Iob.

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VERSION OF 1611.-54 throughout.. castles. . coasts, of; 55 And; 57 (Judah, namely).. (the city of). . and.. their; 61 which were left. . that.. (cities).. (namely).. (tribe); 62 throughout; 63 throughout; 64 these; 65 called.. their names; 66 the residue.. coasts; 67 (of).. mount (they gave); 70 remnant; 76 Kirjathaim; 77 children.. Rimmon; 78 on the other side.. by; 79 also. VII. 1 Now.. were; 2 Jibsam.. house.. they were valiant. . might. . whose; 3 Ishiah; 4 the house of.. fathers. = [56]

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bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand for they had many 5) wives and sons. And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, Imighty men of Ivalour', reckoned in all by igenealogy', were fourscore and seven thousand.

6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and
1 Becher, and Jediael, three. And the
sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and
Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five;
heads of 'fathers' houses, mighty men
of valour; and they were reckoned
by genealogy twenty and two thou-
8 sand and thirty and four. And the

sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash,
and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri,
and Jeremoth', and 'Abijah', and
Anathoth, and Alemeth'. All these
(9) were the sons of Becher. And 'they
were reckoned' by genealogy, after
of
their generations, heads of their
Ifathers' houses', mighty men
valour, twenty thousand and two hun-
And the sons of Jediael;
10 dred.
Bilhan and the sons of Bilhan;
Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tar-
All these
(11) shish', and Ahishahar.

were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host' for war. (12 01Shuppim also, and Huppim, the Isons of 2Ir, Hushim, the sons of 3Aher.

13 The sons of Naphtali; *Jahziel, and
Guni, and Jezer, and "Shallum, the
sons of Bilhah.

(14

The sons of Manasseh; Asriel',
"whom his wife bare: (his concubine
the Aramitess bare Machir the father
(15 of Gilead and Machir took 'a' wife
'of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sis-
ter's name was Maacah ;) and the
name of the second was Zelophehad:
16 and Zelophehad had daughters. And
Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son,
and she called his name Peresh; and
the name of his brother was Sheresh;
and his sons wêre Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead the

1 In Num. xxvi. 39, Shephupham and
Hupham.

2 In ver. 7, Iri.

3 In Num. xxvi. 38, Ahiram.

In Gen. xlvi. 24, Fahzeel.

5 In Gen. xlvi. 24, Shillem.

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod', and 'Abiezer, and Mahlah'. 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

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And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath 21 his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in 'the' land slew, because they came down to take away their And Ephraim their father 22 cattle. mourned many days, and his brethren 23 came to comfort him. And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil 24 with his house. And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen25 sheerah. And Rephah was his son, land' Resheph, and Telah his son, and 26 Tahan his son; Ladan his son, Elishama his Ammihud his 27 son; 010 Nun his son, Joshua' his And their possessions and 28 son. Beth-el and the habitations were 11towns thereof, and eastward 12Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto 18 Azzah1 and 29 the towns thereof: and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

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The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah', and 'Ishvi', and Beriah, and "And the sons of 31 Serah their sister. Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who 32 was the father of Birzaith'. And Heber begat Japhlet, and 14Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 °And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the 34 children of Japhlet. And the sons of 151Shemer; Ahi, and Rohgah, JeAnd the 16sons! 35) hubbah, and Aram. of Helem his brother; Zophah, and

Or, according to the Sept., whom
his concubine the Aramitess bare;
7 Or, I for
Ishel bare &c.

Or, land his

9 In Num. xxvi. 30, lezer.

10 Heb. Non.

11 Heb. daughters.

12 In Josh. xvi. 7, Naarah.
13 Many MSS. read, Ayyah.
14 In ver. 34, Shemer.

15 In ver. 32, Shomer.
16 Heb. son.

VERSION OF 1611.-soldiers.. (men); 5 might.. their genealogies; 7 the house of their fathers.. Alameth.. are; 9 the number of them.. (their). . the house of.. their genealogies; 8 Jerimoth.. Abiah 10 also.. Tharshish; 11 (the) . . by . . fathers.. soldiers, fit. . out.. and battle; 12 chilfathers.. ..was; dren.. (and); 14 Ashriel..she..(but); 15 to.. (the sister); 18 Ishod. . Mahalah; 20 Eladah; 21 that; 23 when; 24 Sherah.. sherah; 25 also; 26 Laadan; 27 Non.. Jehoshua; 28 Gaza; 30 Isuah.. Ishuai; = [62] 31 is.. Birzavith; 34 Shamer; 35 son. =

36 Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah; 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, 39 and Pispa, and Ara. And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Hanniel, and (40) Rizia. All these were the children

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of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses', choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

'And Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and 1Aharah 2 the third; Nohah the fourth, and 3) Rapha the fifth. And Bela 'had'

sons, 2Addar, and Gera, and Abihud; 4 and Abishua, and Naaman, and 5 Ahoah; and Gera, and Shephuphan, 6 and Huram. And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried' them 7 captive to Manahath: oand Naaman, and 'Ahijah', and Gera, he carried' them captive; and he begat Uzza 8 and Ahihud. And Shaharaim begat

children in the field of Moab, after he had 'sent them away; Hushim and 9 Baara were his wives. And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and 10 Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam; and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of 'fa11 thers' houses'. And of Hushim he 12 begat Abitub and Elpaal. And the sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shemed', who built Ono and 13 Lod, with the towns thereof land!

Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of 'fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the in14 habitants of Gath; and Ahio, Sha15 shak, and Jeremoth; and Zebadiah, 16 and Arad, and 'Eder'; and Michael,

and 'Ishpah', and Joha, the sons of 17 Beriah; and Zebadiah, and Meshul18 lam, and Hizki', and Heber; and

Ishmerai, and 'Izliah', and Jobab, the 19 sons of Elpaal; and Jakim, and 20 Zichri, and Žabdi; and Elienai, and 21 'Zillethai', and Eliel; and Adaiah,

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and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons 22 of Shimei; and Ishpan, and 'Eber', 23 and Eliel; and Abdon, and Zichri, 24 and Hanan; and Hananiah, and 25 Elam, and Anthothijah'; and 'Iph

deiah', and Penuel, the sons of Sha26 shak; and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, 27 and Athaliah; and 'Jaareshiah', and

Elijah', and Zichri, the sons of Jero28 ham. These were heads of 'fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men these dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And in' Gibeon 'there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel', whose 30 wife's name was Maacah: and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and 31 Kish, and Baal, and Nadab; and Gedor, and Ahio, and "Zecher'. 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against 'their 33 brethren1. And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and 34 Abinadab, and 10Eshbaal. And the son of Jonathan was 11Merib-baal; and (35 Merib-baal begat Micah. And the

sons of Micah; Pithon, and Melech, 36 and 12Tarea, and Ahaz. And Ahaz begat 18 Jehoaddah'; and 'Jehoaddah' begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and 37 Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza: and Moza begat Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 38 and Azel had six sons, whose names are these; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons (39 of Azel. And the sons of Eshek his

brother; Ulam his firstborn, 'Jeush' the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 °And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

91 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah 'was carried away captive to Babylon for their trans2) gression. 15Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, 'Israel', the priests, 'the Levites, and the Nethinim'.

7 In ch. ix. 37, Zechariah.
8 In ch. ix. 38, Shimeam.
9 In 1 Sam. xiv. 49, Ishvi.
10 In 2 Sam. ii. 8, Ish-bosheth.

11 In 2 Sam. iv. 4, ix. 6, 10, Mephib osheth.

12 In ch. ix. 41, Tahrea.

13 In ch. ix. 42, Farah.

14 In ch. ix. 43, Rephaiah. 15 See Neh. xi. 3, &c.

VERSION OF 1611.-40 their.. house.. throughout the.. that were apt to the.. (and to battle). VIII. 1 Now; 3 the..of.. were; 6 the fathers.. removed; 7 Ahiah.. removed; 8 country; 10 the fathers: 12 Shamed; 13 also.. the fathers. . drove away; 15 Ader; 16 Ispah; 17 Hezeki; 18 also . Jezliah; 20 Zilthai; 21 Shimhi; 22 Heber; 24 Antothijah; 25 Iphedeiah; 27 Jaresiah.. Eliah; 28 the fathers, by; 29 at; 31 Zacher; 32 these.. them; 35 (were); 36 Jehoadah.. Jehoadah; 39 (were) ..Jehush; 40 are. ———— IX. 1 were.. who were; 2 Israelites.. Nethinims. = [60]

3 °And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of 4 Ephraim and Manasseh; Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of 'Perez' the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the 6 firstborn, and his sons. And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their breth7 ren, six hundred and ninety. And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hod8 aviah, the son of Hassenuah; and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah', the son of Reuel, the son of 9 Ibnijah; and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their 'fathers' houses'.

(10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and 11 Jehoiarib, Jachin; and 1Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of 12 the house of God; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of 'Pashhur', the son of Malchijah, and 'Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of 13 Meshillemith, the son of Immer; and their brethren, heads of their 'fathers' houses', a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the 14 house of God. And of the Levites;

Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hasha15 biah, of the sons of Merari; and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son 16 of 2Zichri, the son of Asaph; and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the vil(17 lages of the Netophathites. °And the porters; Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 18 who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters 'for the 'camp of the children of *19) Levi. And Shallum the son of Kore,

In Neh. xi. 11, Seraiah. 2 In Neh. xi. 17, Zabdi. 3 In Neh. xi. 17, Abda.

the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father's! house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers had been' over the camp' of (20 the LORD, keepers of the entry; and Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and the LORD (21 was with him. Zechariah the son

of Meshelemiah was porter of the (22 door of the 'tent' of 'meeting'. All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did or23 dain in their set office. °So they

and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, leven' the house of the tabernacle, 24 by wards. 081On the four sides!

were the porters, toward the east, (25 west, north, and south. And their

brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time 26) to time to be with them: for the four chief porters, 'who werel Levites, were in a set office, and were over the chambers and over the treas27) uries in the house of God. °And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by! *(28) morning. And certain of them had

charge of the vessels of service; for by tale were they brought in and 29) by tale 'were they taken out. Some of them also were appointed 'over' the furniture', and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 30 And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the (31 spices. And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were 32 baked' in pans. And 'some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to 33 prepare it every sabbath. And these are the singers, heads' of 'fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers 'and' were free from

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VERSION OF 1611.-4 Pharez; 8 Shephathiah; 9 chief.. the fathers in the house of.. fathers; 10 (and); 12 Pashur.. Maasiai; 13 the house of . . fathers; 17 (were); 18 in.. companies; 19 the .of.. father being.. host.. were; 20 (the); 21 (And).. tabernacle.. the congregation; 22 (their); 23 namely; 24 In.. quarters; 25 (which were).. after; 26 these.. their.. of; 27 every; 28 (the) ministering. . that.. should bring them; 29 to oversee.. instruments; 30 made. . ointment; 31 made.. (the); 32 other; 33 chief.. the fathers.. remaining.= [60]

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