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For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites taken from twenty years old and upward.

For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;

and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;

And he divided them according to their lots, one with the other; for there were those who had charge of the holy things, and those who had charge of the house of the Lord among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.

And for the sons of Levi that were left, even for the sons of Ambram, Sobael: for the sons of Sobael, Jedia.

For Raabia, the chief was Isaari,

and for Isaari, Salomoth: for the sons of Salomoth, Jath.

For the sons of Oziel, Micha: the sons of Micha; Samer.

For Kis; the sons of Kis; Jerameel.

All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and �man.

And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small of them, of the perfect ones and the learners.

And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites were Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph.

Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phelathi the eighth: for God blessed him.

And to Samaias his son were born the sons of his first-born, chiefs over the house of their father, for they were mighty.

And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.

And the lot of the east gates fell to Selemias, and Zacharias: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward.

They gave the lot for the second to Osa westward, after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch.

to relieve guard, also for Osa westward after the chamber-gate, three. There was a ward over against the ward of the ascent eastward, six men in a day, and four for the north, and four for the south, and at the Esephim two to relieve guard, and four by the west, and two to relieve guard at the pathway.

These are the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari.

For the Issaarites, Chonenia, and his sons were over the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge.