# H4256 מַחֲלֹקֶת

מַחֲלֹקֶת (machălôqeth), Strong’s H4256: a section (of Levites, people or soldiers) KJV: company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).. Occurs 42 times.

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*machălôqeth* — a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)

KJV: company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).

Derived from [חָלַק châlaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H2505) (to be smooth)

Occurs 42 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת n.f. division, course (almost wholly Chr.)

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 11:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=23) — So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to…
- [Joshua 12:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/12?v=7) — These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad…
- [Joshua 18:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=10) — Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according…
- [Ezekiel 48:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/48?v=29) — “This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several…
- [Nehemiah 11:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=36) — Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.
- [1 Chronicles 23:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/23?v=6) — David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- [1 Chronicles 24:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/24?v=1) — These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- [1 Chronicles 26:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=1) — For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- [1 Chronicles 26:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=12) — Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister…
- [1 Chronicles 26:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=19) — These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.