1 WYC Therfor Dauid was eld and ful of daies, and ordeynede Salomon, his sone, kyng on Israel. BSB BSB: When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
2 WYC And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes; BSB BSB: Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
3 WYC and the dekenes weren noumbrid fro twenti yeer and aboue, and eiyte and thretti thousynde of men weren foundun. BSB BSB: The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
4 WYC And foure and twenty thousynde men weren chosun of hem, and weren departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheli of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousynde; BSB BSB: “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
5 WYC forsothe foure thousynde `porteris weren, and so many syngeris, syngynge to the Lord in orguns, whiche Dauid hadde maad for to synge. BSB BSB: 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
6 WYC And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary. BSB BSB: Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 WYC And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye. BSB BSB: The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 WYC The sones of Leedan weren thre, the prince Jehiel, and Ethan, and Johel. BSB BSB: The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.
9 WYC The sones of Semei weren thre, Salamyth, and Oziel, and Aram; these weren the princes of the meynees of Leedan. BSB BSB: The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 WYC Forsothe the sones of Semeye weren Leeth, and Ziza, and Yaus, and Baria, these foure weren the sones of Semei. BSB BSB: And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
11 WYC Sotheli Leeth was the formere, and Ziza the secounde; forsothe Yaus and Baria hadden not ful many sones, and therfor thei weren rikenyd in o meynee and oon hows. BSB BSB: Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single assignment.
12 WYC The sones of Caath weren foure, Amram, and Ysaac, Ebron, and Oziel. BSB BSB: The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
13 WYC The sones of Amram weren Aaron and Moyses; and Aaron was departid, that he schulde mynystre in the hooli thing of hooli thingis, he and hise sones with outen ende, and to brenne encense to the Lord bi his custom, and to blesse his name with outen ende. BSB BSB: The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
14 WYC Also the sones of Moyses, man of God, weren noumbrid in the lynage of Leuy. BSB BSB: As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
15 WYC The sones of Moises weren Gerson and Elieser. BSB BSB: The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 WYC The sones of Gerson; `Subuhel the firste. BSB BSB: The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
17 WYC Sotheli the sones of Eliezer weren Roboya the firste, and othere sones weren not to Eliezer; forsothe the sones of Roboia weren multipliede ful miche. BSB BSB: The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
18 WYC The sones of Isaar; `Salumuth the firste. BSB BSB: The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
19 WYC The sones of Ebron; `Jerian the firste, Amarias the secounde, Jaziel the thridde, Jethamaan the fourthe. BSB BSB: The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 WYC The sones of Oziel; `Mycha the firste, Jesia the secounde. BSB BSB: The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.
21 WYC The sones of Merari weren Mooli and Musi. The sones of Mooli weren Eleazar, and Cys. BSB BSB: The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 WYC Sotheli Eleazar was deed, and hadde not sones, but douytris; and the sones of Cys, the britheren of hem, weddiden hem. BSB BSB: Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 WYC The sones of Musi weren thre, Mooli, and Heder, and Jerymuth. BSB BSB: The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.
24 WYC These weren the sones of Leuy in her kynredis and meynees, prynces bi whilis, and noumbre of alle heedis, that diden the trauel of the seruyce of the hows of the Lord, fro twenti yeer and aboue. BSB BSB: These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
25 WYC For Dauid seide, The Lord God of Israel hath youe reste to his puple, and a dwellyng in Jerusalem til in to with outen ende; BSB BSB: For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
26 WYC and it schal not be the office of dekenes for to bere more the tabernacle, and alle vessels therof for to mynystre. BSB BSB: So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
27 WYC Also bi the laste comaundementis of Dauid the noumbre of the sones of Leuy schulen be rikened fro twenti yeer and aboue; BSB BSB: For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
28 WYC and thei schulen be vndir the hond of the sones of Aaron in to the worschipe of the hows of the Lord, in porchis, and in chaumbris, and in the place of clensyng, and in the seyntuarie, and in alle werkis of the seruyce of the temple of the Lord. BSB BSB: but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
29 WYC Forsothe preestis schulen be ouer the looues of proposicioun, and to the sacrifice of flour, and to the pastis sodun in watir, and to the therf looues, and friyng panne, and to hoot flour, and to seenge, and ouer al weiyte and mesure. BSB BSB: as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
30 WYC Forsothe the dekenes schulen be, that thei stonde eerli, for to knowleche and synge to the Lord, and lijk maner at euentide, BSB BSB: They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.
31 WYC as wel in the offryng of brent sacrifices of the Lord, as in sabatis, and kalendis, and othere solempnytees, bi the noumbre and cerymonyes of eche thing contynueli bifor the Lord; BSB BSB: Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
32 WYC and that thei kepe the obseruaunces of the tabernacle of the boond of pees of the Lord, and the custum of the seyntuarie, and the obseruaunce of the sones of Aaron, her britheren, that thei mynystre in the hows of the Lord. BSB BSB: So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
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