1 Chronicles 23:6
And David divided them into divisions after the sons of Levi, after Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.
Leeser Tanakh
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 Gershunites: La'dan, and Shim'i.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, who were consecrated to minister as priests.
Numbers 4:4This shall be the service of the sons of Kehath at the tabernacle of the congregation: The most holy things.
1 Chronicles 6:1(5:27) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1And the divisions of the sons of Aaron were: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, El'azar, and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he stationed, according to the prescription of David his father, the divisions of the priests at their service, and the Levites at their stations, to praise and minister next to the priests, in the requirement of every day on its day, and the gate-keepers in their divisions at every gate; for so was the charge of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah stationed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, of 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 camps 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 →