A moment in scripture
1 Chronicles 23:6
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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The surrounding passage
- 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 23:7
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:8
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.