four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Chronicles 23:5 in context
1 Chronicles 23:2–8
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He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
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David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the LORD’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
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four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
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David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
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The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
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