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1 Chronicles 23:5–9

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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.
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.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 29:25–26Rank 1 from verse 5
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    25And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.

    26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:14Rank 2 from verse 5
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    14¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  3. Amos 6:5Rank 3 from verse 5
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    5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

  4. Psalms 87:7Rank 4 from verse 5
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    7As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

  5. 1 Chronicles 15:16–24Rank 5 from verse 5
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    16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

    17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

    18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

    19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

    20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

    21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

    22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

    23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

    24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  6. 1 Chronicles 16:38Rank 6 from verse 5
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    38And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

  7. 1 Chronicles 16:41–42Rank 7 from verse 5
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    41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;

    42And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

  8. 1 Chronicles 25:1–7Rank 8 from verse 5
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    1MOREOVER David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

    2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

    3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

    4Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

    5All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

    6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

    7So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

  9. 1 Chronicles 26:1–12Rank 9 from verse 5
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    1CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

    2And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

    3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

    4Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

    5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.

    6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

    7The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

    8All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.

    9And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

    10Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

    11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

    12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.

  10. 1 Chronicles 6:31–48Rank 10 from verse 5
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    31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.

    32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

    33And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

    34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

    35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

    36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

    37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

    38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

    39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

    40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

    41The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

    42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

    43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

    44And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

    45The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

    46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

    47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

    48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

  11. 1 Chronicles 9:17–27Rank 11 from verse 5
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    17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

    18Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

    19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.

    20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.

    21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    22All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

    23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

    24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

    25And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

    26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

    27¶ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

  12. 1 Chronicles 9:33Rank 12 from verse 5
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    33And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.

  13. 1 Kings 10:12Rank 13 from verse 5
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    12And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

  14. 2 Chronicles 20:19–21Rank 14 from verse 5
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    19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

    20¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

    21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  15. 2 Chronicles 35:15Rank 15 from verse 5
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    15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

  16. Ezra 7:7Rank 16 from verse 5
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    7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

  17. Nehemiah 7:73Rank 17 from verse 5
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    73So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

From verse 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:14Rank 2 from verse 6
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    14¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:16Rank 3 from verse 6
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    16¶ The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:25Rank 4 from verse 6
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    25And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.

  5. Ezra 6:18Rank 5 from verse 6
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    18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

  6. 1 Chronicles 24:1Rank 6 from verse 6
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    1NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  7. 1 Chronicles 26:1Rank 7 from verse 6
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    1CONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

  8. 2 Chronicles 31:2Rank 8 from verse 6
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    2¶ And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

  9. 2 Chronicles 35:10Rank 9 from verse 6
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    10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

  10. Exodus 6:16–24Rank 10 from verse 6
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    16¶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

    17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

    18And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

    19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

    20And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

    21¶ And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

    22And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

    23And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

    24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

  11. Numbers 26:57–58Rank 11 from verse 6
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    57¶ And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

    58These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

From verse 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:21Rank 1 from verse 7
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    21As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:7Rank 2 from verse 7
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    7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:17–20Rank 3 from verse 7
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    17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

    18And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

    19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

    20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

  4. Exodus 6:17Rank 4 from verse 7
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    17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

From verse 8

  1. 1 Chronicles 15:11Rank 1 from verse 8
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    11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:17–18Rank 2 from verse 8
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    17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

    18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:20–21Rank 3 from verse 8
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    20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

    21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

  4. 1 Chronicles 15:7Rank 4 from verse 8
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    7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:33–34Rank 5 from verse 8
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    33And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

    34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

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1 Chronicles 23:5

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moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

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instruments

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Sense 1: Tools or implements by which work is done or effects are produced. Sense 2: Devices made to produce music.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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praise

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1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.

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1 Chronicles 23:6

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courses

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Sense 1: Paths or lines of motion. Sense 2: Ordered divisions or turns of service. Sense 3: Channels in which water runs.

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Levi

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Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.

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1 Chronicles 23:8

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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1 Chronicles 23:9

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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23:2¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

23:3Now 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.

23:4Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

23:5Moreover 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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23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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23:7¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

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23:8The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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23:9The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

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23:10And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

23:11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

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