1 Chronicles 23:6

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 6:1 : 1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.
  • 1 Chr 6:16 : 16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 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 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 Shimei, according to their families. 18 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 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. 21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
  • Num 26:57-58 : 57 These are those who 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 Levi: 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 These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
  • 1 Chr 26:1 : 1 For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
  • 2 Chr 35:10 : 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by 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%

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

  • Num 26:57
    78%

    57These are those who 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, and Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 26:19
    76%

    19These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

  • 1 Chr 24:3
    76%

    3David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.

  • 1 Chr 23:7
    75%

    7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

  • 1 Chr 15:4
    75%

    4David gathered together the sons 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%

    14He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    74%

    1Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:

  • 1 Chr 23:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

    3The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

    4David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; six thousand were officers and judges;

    5four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."

  • 1 Chr 23:27
    73%

    27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

  • Num 4:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.

    42Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

  • 1 Chr 6:19
    73%

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

  • 1 Chr 16:4
    73%

    4He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:

  • 2 Chr 35:4
    73%

    4Prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses 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%

    24The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

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

    16David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

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

  • Num 4:38
    72%

    38Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses,

  • Neh 11:36
    72%

    36Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.

  • Exod 6:16
    72%

    16These 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 Jehallelel; 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 after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.

  • Num 4:29
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 23:21
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 6:31
    72%

    31These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest.

  • Num 3:20
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    71%

    6Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

  • Exod 6:19
    71%

    19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites 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, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:

  • Ezra 6:18
    71%

    18They 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%

    12Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of Yahweh.

  • Num 4:46
    71%

    46All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

  • 1 Chr 25:6
    71%

    6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

  • Num 3:27
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 26:1
    71%

    1For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, 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 brothers two hundred twenty;

  • 1 Chr 15:11
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    71%

    2Then David said, "No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever."

  • Num 4:22
    71%

    22"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;

  • 2 Chr 7:6
    70%

    6The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, when David praised by their ministry, saying "For his loving kindness endures for ever." The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    70%

    31These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.