'Companies' in the Bible

and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate;

And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me,

For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, 'Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'