1 Chronicles 23
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1 Chronicles 23:20-29

20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second.

21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

22Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them.

23The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth – three in all.

24These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up.

25For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

26So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service.”

27According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

28Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.

29They also took care of the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring.

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