Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.

你们应当按着宗族，照着班次，遵以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的，自己预备。

你们应当按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的，预备自己。

你们应当按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的，预备自己。

你们要按宗族和班次，依照以色列王大卫和他儿子所罗门所写的指示，预备自己。

你们要按着家族和照着班次，根据以色列王大卫所写的和他儿子所罗门所写的，自己好好预备。

你們應當按着宗族，照着班次，遵以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的，自己預備。

你們應當按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的，預備自己。

你們應當按着父家，照着班次，遵照以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的，預備自己。

你們要按宗族和班次，依照以色列王大衛和他兒子所羅門所寫的指示，預備自己。

你們要按著家族和照著班次，根據以色列王大衛所寫的和他兒子所羅門所寫的，自己好好預備。

你們要好好地準備，按着你們父系的家族、照着班次、根據以色列王大衛所寫的詔書，以及大衛兒子所羅門所寫的詔書來準備。

亦當自備、按爾宗族、循爾班列、遵以色列王大衛、及其子所羅門所書者、

爾當自備、按爾譜系、循爾班列、遵以色列王大闢及其子所羅門命、

爾當自備、按爾宗族、循爾班列、遵以色列王大衛及其子所羅門所錄之例、

Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves by families in your groups. Do it based on the directions written by David, the king of Israel, and by his son Solomon.

Report for duty according to the family divisions of your ancestors, following the directions of King David of Israel and the directions of his son Solomon.

“ Organize your ancestral families by your divisions according to the written instruction of King David of Israel and that of his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves by your fathers’ households in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, following the written instruction of David king of Israel and the written instruction of Solomon his son.

and prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

“ Organize your ancestral houses by your divisions according to the written instruction of David king of Israel and that of his son Solomon.

And prepare[ yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.

When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was 38,000 men.“ Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said,“ shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be officers and judges,4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan.And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, therefore they became counted as a single father’s house.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should make offerings before the Lord and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name forever.But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi.The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord.For David said,“ The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.”

The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,and their brothers who did the work of the house, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,and his brothers, heads of fathers’ houses, 242; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,and their brothers, mighty men of valor, 128; their overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise, who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.All the Levites in the holy city were 284.The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen( Shallum was the chief);until then they were in the king’s gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south.And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.Others, of the sons of the priests, prepared the mixing of the spices,and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes.Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.These were heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem.