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


In Context

3 and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.

4 Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah are twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,

5 and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.

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

7 Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.

8 Sons of Laadan: the head is Jehiel, and Zetham, 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 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 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.