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
1 Chronicles 23:2-6
Revised Standard Version
2 David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. 3 The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was thirty-eight thousand men. 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, 5 four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments which I have made for praise.” 6 And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar′i.
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