These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Core, and of Merari.

These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.

These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Kohath and of Merari.

The divisions of the porters - The account of the porters here given makes them only twenty-four in number at any one time; 1-Chronicles 23:5 states that the duty was discharged by 4,000 persons. Perhaps of the 93 chief porters here spoken of 1-Chronicles 26:8-9, 1-Chronicles 26:11, 1-Chronicles 26:24 were always on guard as officers, while of the remaining 3,907, a certain proportion were each day on duty as their subordinates.

These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. For among those Levites which descended from Kore, a grandson of Kohath, and which sprung from Merar, a brother of Kohath, the porters only wore; see 1-Chronicles 26:1.

Subscription, in which it is again stated that the classes of doorkeepers were taken from among the Korahites and Merarites.