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from the descendants of Gershom: Yo'el the chief, and 130 of his kinsmen;
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from the descendants of Elitzafan: Sh'ma'yah the chief, and 200 of his kinsmen;
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from the descendants of Hevron: Eli'el the chief, and eighty of his kinsmen;
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and from the descendants of 'Uzi'el: 'Amminadav the chief, and 112 of his kinsmen.
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David called for Tzadok and Evyatar the cohanim and for the L'vi'im - Uri'el, 'Asayah, Yo'el, Sh'ma'yah, Eli'el and 'Amminadav -
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and said to them, "You are the clan leaders of the L'vi'im. Consecrate yourselves, both you and your kinsmen, to bring the ark of ADONAI the God of Isra'el up to the place I have prepared for it.
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It's because you weren't there the first time that ADONAI our God broke out against us. We didn't seek him out according to the rule."
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So the cohanim and L'vi'im consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of ADONAI the God of Isra'el;
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and the L'vi'im carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on it, as Moshe had ordered, according to what ADONAI had said.
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David spoke to the chief of the L'vi'im to appoint their kinsmen to be singers making use of musical instruments - lutes, lyres and cymbals - to play loudly and raise sounds of joy.
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So the L'vi'im appointed Heman the son of Yo'el; of his kinsmen, Asaf the son of Berekhyahu; of the descendants of M'rari their kinsmen, Eitan the son of Kushayahu;