1 Chronicles 23:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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  • 1 Chr 6:1 : 1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their tasks, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet, for so was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.
  • 1 Chr 6:16 : 16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
  • Exod 6:16-24 : 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. 20 And Amram took Jochebed his father's sister as a wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years. 21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites.
  • Num 26:57-58 : 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram.
  • 1 Chr 24:1 : 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • 1 Chr 26:1 : 1 Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 35:10 : 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 6:1
    82%

    1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 6:16
    80%

    16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Gen 46:11
    79%

    11And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 26:57
    78%

    57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Num 3:17
    78%

    17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 26:19
    76%

    19These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.

  • 1 Chr 24:3
    76%

    3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

  • 1 Chr 23:7
    75%

    7Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

  • 1 Chr 15:4
    75%

    4And David assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

  • 1 Chr 6:43
    74%

    43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    74%

    14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their tasks, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    74%

    1Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was:

  • 1 Chr 23:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

    3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their count by head, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

    4Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

    5Moreover, four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.

  • 1 Chr 23:27
    73%

    27For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

  • Num 4:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD.

    42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers,

  • 1 Chr 6:19
    73%

    19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
    73%

    4And he appointed certain Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

  • 2 Chr 35:4
    73%

    4And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

  • Neh 12:24
    73%

    24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, group by group.

  • 1 Chr 15:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by lifting up the voice with joy.

    17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and from his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

  • Num 4:38
    72%

    38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • Neh 11:36
    72%

    36And of the Levites were divisions in Judah and in Benjamin.

  • Exod 6:16
    72%

    16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

  • 2 Chr 29:12
    72%

    12Then the Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

  • 1 Chr 23:24
    72%

    24These were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by head, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

  • Num 4:29
    72%

    29As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by the house of their fathers;

  • 1 Chr 23:21
    72%

    21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

  • 1 Chr 6:31
    72%

    31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark had rest.

  • Num 3:20
    71%

    20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    71%

    6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chiefs of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

  • Exod 6:19
    71%

    19And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

  • 1 Chr 6:47
    71%

    47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chr 26:23
    71%

    23Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

  • Ezra 6:18
    71%

    18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    71%

    12Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even among the chief men, having duties one against another, to serve in the house of the LORD.

  • Num 4:46
    71%

    46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel numbered, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • 1 Chr 25:6
    71%

    6All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  • Num 3:27
    71%

    27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

  • 1 Chr 26:1
    71%

    1Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

  • 1 Chr 15:6
    71%

    6Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;

  • 1 Chr 15:11
    71%

    11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    71%

    2Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

  • Num 4:22
    71%

    22Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, by their families, by the house of their fathers;

  • 2 Chr 7:6
    70%

    6And the priests stood at their posts; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, for His mercy endures forever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    70%

    31These likewise cast lots alongside their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers alongside their younger brothers.