1 Chronicles 23:6
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan, and Shimei.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Numbers 4:4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
1 Chronicles 6:1(5-27) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded.
2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priest and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:2-24
The Numbering of the Levites. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5 Moreover four… Read the whole commentary →