And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
And he ordeynede bi þe ordynaunce of Dauid, his fadir, þe officis of preestis in her seruyces, and þe dekenes in her ordre, þat þei schulden preise and mynystre bifor preestis bi þe custom of ech dai; and he ordeynede porteris in her departyngis bi yate and yate. For Dauid, þe man of God, hadde comaundid so;