1 Chronicles 23:4-6

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⁴ “Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, six thousand shall be officers and judges,^{(A) 5} four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”^{(B) 6} And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.^(C)