6And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.


In Context

3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.

4 Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.

5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.

6 And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.

7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.

8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three.

1 Chronicles 23:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:6David divided the Levites into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely,] Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.