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
American Standard Version
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; 5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6 And David divided them into [a]courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:6 Hebrew divisions.
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