16 Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites (A)to appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy.

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16 David(A) told the leaders of the Levites(B) to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians(C) to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.(D)

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and four thousand were gatekeepers, and (A)four thousand were praising the Lord with the instruments which [a]David made for giving praise.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:5 Lit I made

Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(A) I have provided for that purpose.”(B)

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12 Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and (A)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they (B)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

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12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(A) and timbrels(B) and wine,
but they have no regard(C) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(D)

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