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David Organizes the Levites

23 When David was old and had lived a long life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. He gathered together all the officials and officers of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites. The Levites who were thirty years old and over were counted, and their total number, man by man,[a] was thirty-eight thousand.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 23:3 Literally by skulls

The Levites

23 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon(A) king over Israel.(B)

He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. The Levites thirty years old or more(C) were counted,(D) and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.(E)

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