1 Chronicles 23:2-6
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2 David gathered all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and Levites. 3 He counted the Levites who were thirty years old and older, and they totaled thirty-eight thousand. 4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand Levites will ·direct [oversee; supervise] the work of the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord, six thousand Levites will be ·officers [officials] and judges, 5 four thousand Levites will be gatekeepers, and four thousand Levites will praise the Lord with musical instruments I made for ·giving praise [worship].”
6 David separated the Levites into three groups that were led by Levi’s three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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1 Chronicles 23:2-6
New American Standard Bible
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
Offices of the Levites
3 (A)Now the Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward, and (B)their number by [a]head count of men was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were (C)to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were (D)officers and judges, 5 and four thousand were gatekeepers, and (E)four thousand were praising the Lord with the instruments which [b]David made for giving praise. 6 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
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