(A)And David organized them in divisions (B)corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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David separated(A) the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi:(B) Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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14 According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed (A)the divisions of the priests for their service, (B)and the Levites for their offices of praise and (C)ministry before the priests (D)as the duty of each day required, and (E)the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David (F)the man of God had commanded.

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14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions(A) of the priests for their duties, and the Levites(B) to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers(C) by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God(D) had ordered.(E)

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Descendants of Levi

[a] (A)The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 Ch 5:27 in Hebrew

Levi

[a]The sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-15 is numbered 5:27-41, and 6:16-81 is numbered 6:1-66.

18 And they set the priests (A)in their divisions and the Levites (B)in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, (C)as it is written in the Book of Moses.

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18 And they installed the priests in their divisions(A) and the Levites in their groups(B) for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.(C)

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25 (A)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, (B)according to the commandment of David and of Gad (C)the king's seer and of (D)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.

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25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(A) and Gad(B) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets.

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16 [a] The (A)sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Ch 6:1 in Hebrew

16 The sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon,[a] Kohath and Merari.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71

10 When the service had been prepared for, the priests (A)stood in their place, (B)and the Levites in their divisions according to the king's command.

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10 The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions(A) as the king had ordered.(B)

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And Hezekiah appointed (A)the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, (B)for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.

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Contributions for Worship(A)

Hezekiah(B) assigned the priests and Levites to divisions(C)—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister,(D) to give thanks and to sing praises(E) at the gates of the Lord’s dwelling.(F)

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Divisions of the Gatekeepers

26 As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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The Gatekeepers

26 The divisions of the gatekeepers:(A)

From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

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David Organizes the Priests

24 The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of (A)Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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The Divisions of Priests

24 These were the divisions(A) of the descendants of Aaron:(B)

The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.(C)

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57 (A)This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.

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57 These were the Levites(A) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

58 These also were Levite clans:

the Libnite clan,

the Hebronite clan,

the Mahlite clan,

the Mushite clan,

the Korahite clan.

(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;(B)

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16 These are the names of the (A)sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. 17 The (B)sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. 18 The (C)sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. 19 The (D)sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. 20 (E)Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. 21 (F)The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The (G)sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of (H)Amminadab and the sister of (I)Nahshon, and she bore him (J)Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The (K)sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites.

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16 These were the names of the sons of Levi(A) according to their records: Gershon,(B) Kohath and Merari.(C) Levi lived 137 years.

17 The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.(D)

18 The sons of Kohath(E) were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(F) Kohath lived 133 years.

19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.(G)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

20 Amram(H) married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses.(I) Amram lived 137 years.

21 The sons of Izhar(J) were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan(K) and Sithri.

23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab(L) and sister of Nahshon,(M) and she bore him Nadab and Abihu,(N) Eleazar(O) and Ithamar.(P)

24 The sons of Korah(Q) were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

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