Reference

1 Chronicles 23:6

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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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:

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Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

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The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.