3 The Levites thirty years old and upward numbered, man by man, 38,000,
4 Of whom 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord and 6,000 were to be officers and judges.
5 And, said David, 4,000 shall be gatekeepers and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments which I made for praise.
6 And David organized them in sections according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan (Libni) and Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel–three in all.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran–three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.