King James Version
"And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."
— 1 Chronicles 23:6, King James Version
“And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ”
“David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
“David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
“And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.”
“And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
“And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.