1 Chronicles 23:2-6
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2 Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites. 3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted;(A) the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.(B) 4 “Of these,” David said, “twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,(C) six thousand are to be officers and judges,(D) 5 four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”(E)
6 Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons:(F) Gershom,[a] Kohath, and Merari.
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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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