旧约--历代记上(1Chronicles)--第23章_英文散文
so when david was old and full of days， he made solomon his son king over israel.
23：2 大卫招聚以色列的众首领和祭司利未人。
and he gathered together all the princes of israel， with the priests and the levites.
23：3 利未人从三十岁以外的都被数点，他们男丁的数目共有三万八千。
now the levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward： and their number by their polls， man by man， was thirty and eight thousand.
23：4 其中有二万四千人管理耶和华殿的事，有六千人作官长和士师，of which， twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the lord； and six thousand were officers and judges：
23：5 有四千人作守门的，又有四千人用大卫所作的乐器颂赞耶和华。
moreover four thousand were porters； and four thousand praised the lord with the instruments which i made， said david， to praise therewith.
23：6 大卫将利未人革顺，哥辖，米拉利的子孙分了班次。
and david divided them into courses among the sons of levi， namely， gershon， kohath， and merari.
23：7 革顺的子孙有拉但和示每。
of the gershonites were， laadan， and shimei.
23：8 拉但的长子是耶歇，还有细坦和约珥，共三人。
the sons of laadan； the chief was jehiel， and zetham， and joel， three.
23：9 示每的儿子是示罗密，哈薛，哈兰三人。这是拉但族的族长。
the sons of shimei； shelomith， and haziel， and haran， three. these were the chief of the fathers of laadan.
23：10 示每的儿子是雅哈，细拿，耶乌施，比利亚共四人。
and the sons of shimei were， jahath， zina， and jeush， and beriah. these four were the sons of shimei.
23：11 雅哈是长子，细撒是次子。但耶乌施和比利亚的子孙不多，所以算为一族。
and jahath was the chief， and zizah the second： but jeush and beriah had not many sons； therefore they were in one reckoning， according to their father's house.
23：12 哥辖的儿子是暗兰，以斯哈，希伯伦，乌薛共四人。
the sons of kohath； amram， izhar， hebron， and uzziel， four.
23：13 暗兰的儿子是亚伦，摩西。亚伦和他的子孙分出来，好分别至圣的物，在耶和华面前烧香，事奉他，奉他的名祝福，直到永远。
the sons of amram； aaron and moses： and aaron was separated， that he should sanctify the most holy things， he and his sons for ever， to burn incense before the lord， to minister unto him， and to bless in his name for ever.
23：14 至于神人摩西，他的子孙名字记在利未支派的册上。
now concerning moses the man of god， his sons were named of the tribe of levi.
23：15 摩西的儿子是革舜和以利以谢。
the sons of moses were， gershom， and eliezer.