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


In Context

3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

4 David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.

5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."

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

7 Belonging to the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel-three in all.

1st Chronicles 23:6 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of 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.