1 Chronicles 23:2-6
Legacy Standard Bible
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
The Work of the Levites
3 (A)And 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 direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were (D)officers and judges, 5 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and (E)4,000 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which [b]David made for giving praise. 6 And David divided them into divisions (F)according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:3 Lit their heads
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 Lit I made
1 Chronicles 23:2-6
New International Version
2 He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. 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)
6 David separated(I) the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi:(J) Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
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