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1 Chronicles 23:6

DavidGershonKohathLeviMerari

4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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BSB
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
KJV
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
WEB
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
ASV
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
DARBY
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
BLB
And David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
ÅB
Og David delte dem i skifter etter Levis sønner, Gerson, Kahat og Merari.
OTB
David organiserte dem i divisjoner etter Levis sønner:
Gershon, Kehat og Merari.
B1930
Og David delte dem i skifter efter Levis sønner, Gerson, Kahat og Merari.

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  • 2 Chronicles 8:14

    And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:25

    And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

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  • Ezra 6:18

    And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

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  • Numbers 26:57–58

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:1

    Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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  • 1 Chronicles 24:1

    Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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