4. Twenty-four thousand of these, David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord; six thousand shall be officers and judges,
5. four thousand shall be gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”
6. David assigned them to divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7. From the Gershonites:Ladan and Shimei.