1 Chronicles 23:6

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David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 6:1 : 1 Levi’s Descendants(5:27) The sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the LORD’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered.(The LORD had actually given these orders through his prophets.)
  • 1 Chr 6:16 : 16 (6:1) The sons of Levi:Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with the book of Moses.
  • Exod 6:16-24 : 16 Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.(The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.) 17 The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.(The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.) 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records. 20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses.(The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.) 21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri. 22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
  • Num 26:57-58 : 57 And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from 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 Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.
  • 1 Chr 24:1 : 1 David Organizes the Priests The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows:The sons of Aaron:Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • 1 Chr 26:1 : 1 Divisions of Gatekeepers The divisions of the gatekeepers:From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 The People Contribute to the Temple Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks– to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary.
  • 2 Chr 35:10 : 10 Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.

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  • 1 Chr 6:1
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    1Levi’s Descendants(5:27) The sons of Levi:Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 6:16
    80%

    16(6:1) The sons of Levi:Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Gen 46:11
    79%

    11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 26:57
    78%

    57And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Num 3:17
    78%

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

  • 1 Chr 26:19
    76%

    19These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 24:3
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    3David, Zadok(a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech(a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities.

  • 1 Chr 23:7
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    7The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.

  • 1 Chr 15:4
    75%

    4David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

  • 1 Chr 6:43
    74%

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

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    74%

    14As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    74%

    1David Organizes the Musicians David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility:

  • 1 Chr 23:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

    3The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.

    4David said,“Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

    54,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I supplied for worship.”

  • 1 Chr 23:27
    73%

    27According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

  • Num 4:41-42
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    73%

    41These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD.

    42Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

  • 1 Chr 6:19
    73%

    19The sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi.These are the clans of the Levites by their families.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
    73%

    4He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the LORD, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 35:4
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    4Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed in writing by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

  • Neh 12:24
    73%

    24And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.

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

    16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.

    17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

  • Num 4:38
    72%

    38Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans,

  • Neh 11:36
    72%

    36Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin.

  • Exod 6:16
    72%

    16Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.(The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)

  • 2 Chr 29:12
    72%

    12The following Levites prepared to carry out the king’s orders: From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

  • 1 Chr 23:24
    72%

    24These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD’s temple and were twenty years old and up.

  • Num 4:29
    72%

    29The Service of the Merarites“As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.

  • 1 Chr 23:21
    72%

    21The sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi.The sons of Mahli:Eleazar and Kish.

  • 1 Chr 6:31
    72%

    31Professional Musicians These are the men David put in charge of music in the LORD’s sanctuary, after the ark was placed there.

  • Num 3:20
    71%

    20The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    71%

    6The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar.

  • Exod 6:19
    71%

    19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

  • 1 Chr 6:47
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 26:23
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    23As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites:

  • Ezra 6:18
    71%

    18They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with the book of Moses.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    71%

    12These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the LORD’s temple.

  • Num 4:46
    71%

    46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

  • 1 Chr 25:6
    71%

    6All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the LORD’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.

  • Num 3:27
    71%

    27The Numbering of the Kohathites From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

  • 1 Chr 26:1
    71%

    1Divisions of Gatekeepers The divisions of the gatekeepers:From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

  • 1 Chr 15:6
    71%

    6From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.

  • 1 Chr 15:11
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    11David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

  • 1 Chr 15:2
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    2Then David said,“Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to serve before him perpetually.”

  • Num 4:22
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    22“Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

  • 2 Chr 7:6
    70%

    6The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the LORD.(These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the LORD and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying,“Certainly his loyal love endures.”) Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
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    31Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with those of the youngest.