1 Chronicles 23:3

3 When the Levites were counted, the head count of every male 30 and older totaled 38,000.

1 Chronicles 23:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:3

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and
upward
So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was a new reckoning of them, ( 1 Chronicles 23:24 )

and their number by their posts;
or, according to their heads:

man by man, was thirty and eight thousand;
which vastly exceeds the number in the times of Moses; see ( Numbers 4:47 Numbers 4:48 ) , but then those above fifty years of age were not numbered, as they now might; since their work in the temple would be much more easy, no burdens to carry, as the ark, the vessels

1 Chronicles 23:3 In-Context

1 When David had grown old after a long life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

2 He then gathered together all Israel's leaders along with the priests and the Levites.

3 When the Levites were counted, the head count of every male 30 and older totaled 38,000.

4 Of these, there were 24,000 to supervise the work on the LORD's temple, 6,000 officers and judges,

5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 praising the LORD with instruments made for offering praise.