1 Chronicles 23:6
And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Young's Literal Translation
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 Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.
Numbers 4:4'This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies:
1 Chronicles 6:1Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses: sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar,
2 Chronicles 8:14And he establisheth, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister over-against the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at gate and gate, for so [is] the command of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointeth the courses of the priests, and of the Levites, by their courses, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of Jehovah.
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 →