1 Chronicles 23:2-6
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2 David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. 3 The Levites, thirty years old and up, were counted, and the total head count of men was thirty-eight thousand.(A) 4 “Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, six thousand shall be officers and judges,(B) 5 four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”(C) 6 And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.(D)
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