1 Chronicles 23:5

5 four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise."

1 Chronicles 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5

Moreover four thousand were porters
At the east, north, and south gates of the temple, in their turns;

and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments;
were singers in the temple, which in all made up 38,000:

which I made, said David, to praise therewith;
which instruments he devised and ordered to be made to praise the Lord with; see ( 2 Chronicles 29:26 ) ( Nehemiah 12:36 ) .

1 Chronicles 23:5 In-Context

3 The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were counted, and the total was thirty-eight thousand.

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 that I have made for praise."

6 And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.