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1 Chronicles 23:2-6
English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 23:2-6
English Standard Version
2 David[a] assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. 3 The Levites, (A)thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and (B)the total was (C)38,000 men. 4 “Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said,[b] (D)“shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be (E)officers and judges, 5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments (F)that I have made for praise.” 6 (G)And David organized them in divisions (H)corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:2 Hebrew He
- 1 Chronicles 23:4 Hebrew lacks David said
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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