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Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The Gershonites

The Gershonite family units were defined by their lines of descent from Libni[a] and Shimei, the sons of Gershon. Three of the descendants of Libni were Jehiel (the family leader), Zetham, and Joel.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:7 Hebrew Ladan (also in 23:8, 9), a variant spelling of Libni; compare 6:17.

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