Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And David put an order among the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
New American Standard Bible
David divided them into divisions
King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Holman Bible
Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons:
International Standard Version
David divided them into divisions based on Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, Levi's sons.
A Conservative Version
And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
American Standard Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Amplified
And David organized them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bible in Basic English
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Darby Translation
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Julia Smith Translation
And David will divide them into divisions to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
King James 2000
And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And David organized them [in] divisions according to the sons of Levi: to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Modern King James verseion
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
NET Bible
David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Heart English Bible
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The Emphasized Bible
And David divided them into courses, - pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Webster
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
World English Bible
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Youngs Literal Translation
And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Themes
Levites » Functions of » Had charge of the temple
the Levites » Services of » Conducting the sacred music
the Levites » David » Subdivided them into twenty-four courses
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Organizes The Levites
5 Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal. 6 And David put an order among the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites was Ladan and Shimei.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
2 Chronicles 8:14
And Solomon put the sorts of priests in companies as David his father had ordered them, unto the offices, and the Levites unto their wait, for to praise and minister before the priests day by day, and the porters by course at every gate. For so had David the man of God commanded.
1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
2 Chronicles 29:25
And they set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps according to the commandments of David and of Gad the king's seer of visions and of Nathan the prophet. For so was the commandment of the LORD through the hand, of his prophets.
Ezra 6:18
and set the priests in their courses, and the Levites in their offices to minister unto God which is at Jerusalem as it is written in the book of Moses.
Exodus 6:16-24
These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years.
Numbers 26:57-58
These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites.
1 Chronicles 24:1
The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 26:1
The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph.
2 Chronicles 31:2
And Hezekiah set the priests and the Levites in their order to wait by course, every man according to his office whether priest or Levite, for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to minister and to thank and to pray in the gates of the lodge of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 35:10
And so the service went forward: and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their companies at the king's commandment.