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Of these, there were 24,000 to oversee the work of the House of Adonai, 6,000 officers and judges, 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 for praising Adonai “with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”

David organized them into divisions:

The sons of Levi:

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge(A) of the work(B) of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.(C) Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(D) I have provided for that purpose.”(E)

David separated(F) the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi:(G) Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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