Verse 6
1 Chronicles 23:6
New Living Translation
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Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi — Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥/ם דָּוִ֖יד מַחְלְק֑וֹת לִ/בְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י לְ/גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן קְהָ֥ת וּ/מְרָרִֽי
English Translation
And David distributed divisions to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.
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David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites.
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All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.
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Then David said, “From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD. An...
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Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments...
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Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of...
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The Gershonite family units were defined by their lines of descent from Libni and Shimei, the sons o...
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Three of the descendants of Libni were Jehiel (the family leader), Zetham, and Joel.
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These were the leaders of the family of Libni. Three of the descendants of Shimei were Shelomoth, Ha...
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Four other descendants of Shimei were Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
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Jahath was the family leader, and Ziza was next. Jeush and Beriah were counted as a single family be...
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Four of the descendants of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the mos...
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As for Moses, the man of God (Elohim), his sons were included with the tribe of Levi.<br>
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The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.<br>
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The descendants of Gershom included Shebuel, the family leader.<br>
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Eliezer had only one son, Rehabiah, the family leader. Rehabiah had numerous descendants.<br>
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The descendants of Izhar included Shelomith, the family leader.
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The descendants of Hebron included Jeriah (the family leader), Amariah (the second), Jahaziel (the t...
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The descendants of Uzziel included Micah (the family leader) and Isshiah (the second).
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The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
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Eleazar died with no sons, only daughters. His daughters married their cousins, the sons of Kish.
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Three of the descendants of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
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24
These were the descendants of Levi by clans, the leaders of their family groups, registered carefull...
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For David said, “The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has given us peace, and he will always live i...
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Now the Levites will no longer need to carry the Tabernacle and its furnishings from place to place....
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In accordance with David’s final instructions, all the Levites twenty years old or older were regist...
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The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the h...
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They were in charge of the sacred bread that was set out on the table, the choice flour for the grai...
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And each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.
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They assisted with the burnt offerings that were presented to the LORD on Sabbath days, at new moon...
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And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple...
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