1 Chronicles 23:3-5
New American Standard Bible 1995
Offices of the Levites
3 (A)The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and (B)their number by [a]census of men was 38,000. 4 Of these, 24,000 were (C)to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were (D)officers and judges, 5 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and (E)4,000 were praising the Lord with the instruments which [b]David made for giving praise.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:3 Lit their heads
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 Lit I made
1 Chronicles 23:3-5
New International Version
3 The Levites thirty years old or more(A) were counted,(B) and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.(C) 4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge(D) of the work(E) of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.(F) 5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(G) I have provided for that purpose.”(H)
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