“Of these,” David said, “twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,(A) six thousand are to be officers and judges,(B) four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”(C)

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons:(D) Gershom,[a] Kohath, and Merari.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:6 Lit Gershon

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