3. UDavide wawaqokelela onke amaSirayeli, wawahlanganisela eJerusalem ukuze kubuyiswe ityesi kaNdikhoyo, iziswe kuloo ndawo wayeyilungiselele yona.
4. Wayiqokelela yonke inzala ka-Aron nabaLevi:
5. Abenzala kaKohati: u-Uriyeli inkulu yezizalwana ezilikhulu elinamashumi amabini;
6. abenzala kaMerari: uAsaya inkulu yezizalwana ezingamakhulu amabini namashumi amabini;
7. abenzala kaGershom: uJoweli inkulu yezizalwana ezilikhulu elinamashumi amathathu;
8. abenzala kaElizafan: uShemaya inkulu yezizalwana ezimakhulu mabini;
9. abenzala kaHebron: uEliyeli inkulu yezizalwana ezimashumi asibhozo;
10. abenzala kaUziyeli: uAminadabhi inkulu yezizalwana ezilikhulu elineshumi elinesibini.
11. UDavide wabiza ababingeleli uZadoki noAbhiyatare, nabaLevi u-Uriyeli, uAsayiya, uJoweli, uShemaya, uEliyeli, noAminadabhi.
12. Wathetha nabo wathi: “Nini abaziinkulu zendlu kaLevi. Nina ke nabaLevi bonke zihlambululeni, ukuze nibuyise ityesi kaNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, ize endaweni endiyilungiselele yona.
13. Kwakungenxa yokuba yayingeziswanga nini baLevi kuqala, ukuze nje uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu asivukele ngomsindo. Sasingazange sibuzise kuye ngendlela efanelekileyo yokuyizisa.”
14. Ngoko ke ababingeleli nabaLevi bazihlambulula ukuze babuyise ityesi kaNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli.