1 Chronicles 23:6 - New Revised Standard Version And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And David organized them in sections according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. American Standard Version (1901) And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Common English Bible Then David divided them into three groups named after Levi’s family members: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Catholic Public Domain Version And David distributed them into courses according to the sons of Levi, specifically, Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi: to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari. |
The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord,
Jehoiada assigned the care of the house of the Lord to the levitical priests whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
He stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of the prophet Nathan, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.
Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, everyone according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and offerings of well-being, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.
When the service had been prepared for, the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions according to the king's command.
Make preparations by your ancestral houses by your divisions, following the written directions of King David of Israel and the written directions of his son Solomon.
According to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry alongside the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates; for so David the man of God had commanded.
Then they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister as priests.
The service of the Kohathites relating to the tent of meeting concerns the most holy things.