{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4256",
  "lemma": "מַחֲלֹקֶת",
  "transliteration": "machălôqeth",
  "definition": "a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)",
  "kjv": "company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).",
  "occurrences": 42,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2505",
      "lemma": "חָלַק",
      "transliteration": "châlaq",
      "meaning": "to be smooth",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2505"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת n.f. division, course (almost wholly Chr.)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 11:23",
      "text": "So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 12:7",
      "text": "These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/12?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 18:10",
      "text": "Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 48:29",
      "text": "“This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/48?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 11:36",
      "text": "Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 23:6",
      "text": "David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 24:1",
      "text": "These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/24?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 26:1",
      "text": "For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 26:12",
      "text": "Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 26:19",
      "text": "These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=19"
    }
  ],
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