1 Chronicles 23:4

4 Of these, 24,000 * * were ¹to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 * were ²officers and judges

1 Chronicles 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:4

Of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work
of the house of the Lord
To prepare for the work of the priests by slaying the sacrifices, flaying them, cutting them in pieces, and washing them, and bringing them to the altar; 1000 of these served weekly in their turns:

and six thousand were officers and judges:
that acted as justices of the peace in the several parts of the country, heard causes and administered justice to the people, being trained up in and acquainted with the laws of God, civil as well as ecclesiastic; some were more properly judges, and others executioners of their sentence; see ( Deuteronomy 16:18 ) ( 17:9 ) .

1 Chronicles 23:4 In-Context

2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000 .

4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD ; and 6,000 were officers and judges

5 and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 3:8, 9
• 2. 1 Chronicles 26:29