Verse 6
1 Chronicles 23:6
GOD'S WORD Translation
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David divided them into divisions according to the 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
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Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by m...
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David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand...
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four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made f...
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David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
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The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
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The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ househ...
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The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
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Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore th...
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy t...
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But as for Moses the man of God (Elohim), his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
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The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
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The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
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The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabia...
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The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
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The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourt...
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The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
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Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as...
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The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of th...
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For David said, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in...
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Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”
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For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward.
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For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of Yahweh’s house, in the courts,...
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for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, o...
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and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;
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and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts...
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and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, the duty of the holy place, and the duty...
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