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1 Chronicles 23:3-6

Listen to 1 Chronicles 23:3-6

Offices of the Levites

3 1The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and 2their number by census of men was 38,000 * *.
4 Of these, 24,000 * * were 3to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 * were 4officers and judges
5 and 4,000 * were gatekeepers, and 5 4,000 * were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.
6 David divided them into divisions 6according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 23:3-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 23

In this chapter David makes Solomon king, 1Ch 23:1, calls together the princes, priests, and Levites, numbers the latter, and assigns them their proper work, 1Ch 23:2-5, divides them into three classes, 1Ch 23:6-23, when the number of them was taken from twenty years of age, and upwards; the reasons of which are given, partly from the rest the land enjoyed, and partly from the several branches of their work and office in the temple, 1Ch 23:24-32.

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Cross References 6

  • 1. Numbers 4:3-49
  • 2. Numbers 4:48; 1 Chronicles 23:24
  • 3. Ezra 3:8, 9
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 26:29
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 15:16
  • 6. 1 Chronicles 6:1

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "their heads"
  • [b] Lit "I made"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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