“Of these,” David said, “24,000 are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,(A) 6,000 are to be officers and judges,(B) 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”(C)

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons:(D) Gershom,[a] Kohath, and Merari.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:6 Lit Gershon

David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge(A) of the work(B) of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.(C) Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(D) I have provided for that purpose.”(E)

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

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