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 American Standard Bible 1995
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
Offices of the Levites
3 (A)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 oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were (D)officers and judges, 5 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and (E)4,000 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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