21 The sons of Merari: Maḥli and Mushi. The sons of Maḥli: El‛azar and Qish.
22 And El‛azar died, and had no sons, but only daughters. And their brothers, the sons of Qish, took them.
23 The sons of Mushi: Maḥli, Ěḏer, and Yerĕmoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Lĕwi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted head by head by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the House of יהוה, from the age of twenty years and above.
25 For Dawiḏ said, “יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Yerushalayim forever,”
26 and also of the Lĕwites, “They shall no longer bear the Dwelling Place, or any of the vessels for its service.”
27 For by the last words of Dawiḏ the Lĕwites were numbered from twenty years old and above,