1 Chronicles 23:3

3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

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1 Chronicles 23:3 in Other Translations

3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

ESV

3 The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was 38,000 men.

NLT

3 All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.

MSG

3 The Levites thirty years and older were counted; the total was 38,000.

CSB

3 The Levites 30 years old and above were counted; the total number of men was 38,000 by headcount.

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

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 In-Context

1 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

2 He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges.

5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”

Cross References 3

1. ver 24; Numbers 8:24
2. 1 Chronicles 21:7
3. Numbers 4:3-49

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