1 David was old. He made his son Solomon the king of Israel. 2 David called all the leaders, the priests, and the Levites to come. 3 They counted Levite men age 30 and up. There were 38,000. 4 David said 24,000 will run work at God’s house, and 6,000 will be helpers and judges. ️️ 5 He said 4,000 will guard the gates, and 4,000 will sing and play to praise God with music tools David made. 6 David split the Levites into groups by big families: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 From Gershon came Ladan and Shimei. 8 Ladan had three sons: Jehiel, Zetham, and Joel. 3️⃣ 9 Shimei had three leaders: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran. They led Ladan’s families. 10 Shimei also had four sons: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. 4️⃣ 11 Jahath was first. Zizah was second. Jeush and Beriah had few sons, so they were one family. 1️⃣2️⃣ 12 Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 13 Amram had Aaron and Moses. God chose Aaron and Aaron’s sons to be holy helpers forever. They bless people and serve God. ✝️ 14 Moses was God’s man. His sons were counted with the Levites. 15 Moses had two sons: Gershom and Eliezer. 2️⃣ 16 Gershom’s big son was Shebuel. ⭐ 17 Eliezer’s big son was Rehabiah. Eliezer had no other sons. Rehabiah had many sons. 18 Izhar’s big son was Shelomith. 19 Hebron had four sons: Jeriah first, Amariah second, Jahaziel third, Jekameam fourth. 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ 20 Uzziel had two sons: Micah first and Isshiah second. 1️⃣2️⃣ 21 Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli had Eleazar and Kish. 22 Eleazar died. He had no sons, only daughters. The sons of Kish, their family men, married them. 23 Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth. 3️⃣ 24 These are the Levi families. They were counted by name. From age 20 and up, they worked at God’s house. 25 David said, God gave rest to His people. God will live in Jerusalem forever. ️️ 26 So the Levites did not need to carry God’s tent or things again. ⛺️ 27 David’s last plan was to count Levites from age 20 and up. 28 Their job was to help Aaron’s sons at God’s house: in the yards and rooms, to make holy things clean, and to do the work. 29 They took care of special bread, fine flour for grain gifts, flat bread, baked and mixed food, and all the measuring. ⚖️ 30 They stood every morning to thank and praise God, and also every evening. 31 They helped with burnt gifts to God on rest days, new moon days, and big God days, as the rule said. 32 They watched God’s tent and God’s holy place. They helped Aaron’s sons serve at God’s house. ⛺️️