When David was very old he made his son Solomon King. Then he set about reorganizing the Levites from their mobile duties with the tabernacle to their fixed duties with the future temple. He counted all the Levites who were 38,000. Of these David determined that 24,000 would be responsible for temple duties, 6,000 were to be officials and judges, 4,000 were to be gatekeepers and 4,000 were to be responsible for the praise in the temple playing musical instruments.
Then David separated the Levites into 3 divisions: Gershonites, Kohathites and Merarites according to the sons of Levi. Then the duties of the Levites were listed in more detail: be in charge of the courtyards; the purifying of sacred things; care for the bread on the table; care for the flour for the grain offering; the baking and mixing of loaves; to stand every morning to praise the Lord and in the evening too.
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