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1 Chronicles 23:5-7
New International Version
1 Chronicles 23:5-7
New International Version
5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(A) I have provided for that purpose.”(B)
6 David separated(C) the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi:(D) Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Gershonites
7 Belonging to the Gershonites:(E)
Ladan and Shimei.
1 Chronicles 23:5-7
New King James Version
1 Chronicles 23:5-7
New King James Version
5 four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand (A)praised the Lord with musical instruments, (B)“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
6 Also (C)David separated them into [a]divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the (D)Gershonites: [b]Laadan and Shimei.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:6 groups
- 1 Chronicles 23:7 Libni, Ex. 6:17
1 Chronicles 23:5-7
English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 23:5-7
English Standard Version
5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments (A)that I have made for praise.” 6 (B)And David organized them in divisions (C)corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 (D)The sons of Gershon[a] were Ladan and Shimei.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:7 Vulgate (compare Septuagint, Syriac); Hebrew to the Gershonite
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