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10 I’m intending to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel so his burning anger may turn away from us. 11 Please don’t be careless, you descendants of Aaron,[a] because the Lord has chosen you to minister in his presence, to serve him, to be his ministers, and to burn incense.”

12 Here are the names of the descendants of Levi who made themselves available to God: Amasai’s son Mahath and Azariah’s son Joel from the descendants of Kohath; Abdi’s son Kish and Jehallelel’s son Azariah from the descendants of Merari; Zimmah’s son Joah and Joah’s son Eden from the descendants of Gershon;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:11 The Heb. lacks of Aaron

10 Now I intend to make a covenant(A) with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger(B) will turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him,(C) to minister(D) before him and to burn incense.”

12 Then these Levites(E) set to work:

from the Kohathites,

Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;

from the Merarites,

Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;

from the Gershonites,

Joah son of Zimmah and Eden(F) son of Joah;

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