1 Chronicles 23:27

27 for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

1 Chronicles 23:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:27

For by the last words of David
Or therefore by the last orders he gave before his death:

the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;
as able and sufficient to do the work of their office.

1 Chronicles 23:27 In-Context

25 for David said, `Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'

26 and also of the Levites, `None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;'

27 for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

28 for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God,

29 and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;