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1 Chronicles 23:4-15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4. Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were officers and judges,

5. and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

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

7. Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.

8. The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three.

9. The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan.

10. The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

11. Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one class.

12. The sons of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

13. The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.

14. But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

15. The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

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