• 1 Chronicles 23:2

    And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:3

    Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:4

    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

  • 1 Chronicles 23:5

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

  • 1 Chronicles 23:6

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

  • 1 Chronicles 23:7

    Of the Gershonites were, Laadan,b and Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:8

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

  • 1 Chronicles 23:9

    The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:10

    And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina,c and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:11

    And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:12

    The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:13

    The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

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