1 Chronicles · Chapter 23

[ edit] Thanne Dauid olde and ful of days ordeynede Salomon, his ſone, king vpon Yrael. And he gaderde alle þe princis of Irael, and preſtis, and Leuytis; and þe Leuytis ben noumbred fro twenty ȝeer and aboue, and þere ben founde eyȝt and þritty þouſand of men. Of þes ben choſen, delid in to þe ſeruyſe of þe houſe of þe Lord, foure and twenty þouſand; of prouoſtes forſoþe, and of domeſmen, ſixe þouſand; bot foure þouſand porters, and as fele ſawtrers, ſyngynge in orgnys, þat Dauiþ maad to ſyngyn. And Dauiþ departyde hem by whiles of þe ſonys of Leuy, þat is, Jerſan, and Caaþ, and Merary, and Jerſam, and Leadan, and Semei. Þe ſones of Leadan; prince Jehiel, and Eþan, and Joel, þre.

Þe ſonys of Semei; Salomyþ, and Oſiel, and Aram, þre; þes þe princes of þe meynes of Leadan. Bot þe ſonys of Semei; Leeþ, and Siſa, and Jaus, and Baria, þes þe ſonys of Semei, foure. Forſoþe Leeþ was þe raþer, and Siſa þe ſecounde; bot Jaus and Baria hadden no mo ſonys, and þerfore in oon meyne and in oon hous þei ben countid. Þe ſonys of Caaþ; Amram, and Yſaar, Ebron, and Oſiel, foure. Þe ſonis of Amram; Aaron and Moyſes; and Aaron is ſeuerd, þat he mynyſtre in to þe holy of halowis, he and þe ſonys of hym in to euermore, and þat þei brennen encens to þe Lord aftir his riȝt, and bleſſen to his name vnto wiþ oute eend. Þe ſonis alſo of Moiſes, þe man of God, ben noumbred in þe lynage of Leuy.

Þe ſonys of Moyſi; Jerſan, and Eliazar. Þe ſonys of Jerſan; Sobuel þe firſt. Þere weren forſoþe ſonys of Eliaſar, Roboia þe firſt, and þer weren not of Eliaſar oþer ſonys; bot þe ſonis of Robie ben multiplied ful myche. Þe ſonys of Yſaar; Salomyþ þe firſt. Þe ſonis of Ebron; Jeriahu þe firſt, Amarias þe ſecounde, Jaſiel þe þrid, Jehemehan þe firþ. Þe ſonis of Oſiel; Mycha þe firſt, Joſia þe ſecound. Þe ſonis of Mereri; Mooli and Muſi. Þe ſonys of Mooly; Eliaſar, and Cis. Eliaſar forſoþe is deed, and hadde no ſonis, bot douȝters; and þe ſonis of Cis token hem, and þe breþeren of hem. Þe ſonys of Muſi; Mooli, and Heder, and Jeremyþ, þre.

Þes þe ſonis of Leuy in kynredis, and in þeir meyneſe, princis be whilis, and noumbre of alle þe heuedis, þe whiche dyden þe byſyneſſe of þe ſeruyſe of þe hous of þe Lord, fro twenty ȝeer and aboue. Dauid forſoþe ſeid, Þe Lord God of Yrael haþ ȝeuen reſt to his puple, and a dwellynge in Jeruſalem in to wiþ outen eend; ne it ſchal ben of þe office of Leuytis, þat eny more þei beren þe tabernacle, and alle þe veſſels of it to mynyſtren.

And aftir þe laſte heſtis of Dauiþ þere ſchal ben countid a noumbre of þe ſonys of Leuy fro twenty ȝeer and aboue; and þei ſchul ben vndir þe hond of þe ſonys of Aaron, in to heriynge of þe hous of þe Lord, in veſtiaries, and in chaumbres, and in place of purifyinge, and in þe ſeyntuarye, and in alle werkis of þe ſeruyce of þe temple of þe Lord. Þe preſtis forſoþe vpon þe looues of propoſicioun, and to þe ſacrifice of tryed floure, and to þe þynne kakis, and to þe þerf looues, and to þe fryinge panne, and þe boylynge tryed floure, and to turnen, and vpon þe weiȝt and meſure.

Þe Leuytes forſoþe, þat þei ſtoden erly, to knowlechen and ſyngen to þe Lord, and lijc maner at euen, as wele in offrynge of brent ſacrifices of þe hous of þe Lord, as in ſabotis, and kalendis, and oþer ſolempnyteſe, aftir þe noumbre and cerymonyes of eche þing beſily before þe Lord; and kepe þei þe obſeruauncis of þe tabernacle of þe peſe couenaunt, and þe rijt of þe ſeyntuarye, and þe obſeruauncis of þe ſonys of Aaron, þeir breþeren, þat þey mynyſtren in þe hows of þe Lord.