1 Chronicles 23:24-32

New Catholic Bible

²⁴ These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral clans, with the leaders of the ancestral clans as they were registered by name and counted. These are the ones who could perform the work in the temple of the Lord, twenty years old and older.^[a]

²⁵ David did this because he said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, had given his people rest so that they might dwell in Jerusalem forever. ²⁶ The Levites therefore no longer have to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”

²⁷ Thus, according to the last instructions of David, the Levites who were twenty years or older were counted. ²⁸ Their responsibility was to assist the sons of Aaron in the service of the temple of the Lord, to be in charge of the courtyard and the inner chambers, to purify all of the holy things, and to fulfill other tasks in the temple of the Lord. ²⁹ They were responsible for the shewbread, for the flour for the cereal offerings, for the unleavened loaves, for the baking and the mixing, and for all the standards of measurement and size. ³⁰ They were to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same every evening. ³¹ They were also to do this whenever burnt offerings were made to the Lord on the Sabbath, on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts, as they had been commanded to do regularly before the Lord, ³² that they were to serve the tent of meeting and be responsible for the sanctuary under the direction of the descendants of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the temple of the Lord.