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1 Chronicles 23:3-5
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3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.[a] 4 David said,[b] “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges; 5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:3 tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 23:4 tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.
  3. 1 Chronicles 23:5 tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”
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