4
Of which, twenty-four thousand
were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD, and six thousand
were officers and judges;
5
moreover, four thousand
were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which
David had made to praise
therewith.
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And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Gershon: Laadan and Shimei.
8
The sons of Laadan: Jehiel, the first, Zetham and Joel, three.
9
The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These
were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four
were the sons of Shimei.
11
And Jahath was the first, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not multiply
in many sons; therefore, they were in one reckoning, according to
their father’s house.
12
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be dedicated to the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him and to bless in his name for ever.
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And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were counted in the tribe of Levi.