1 Chronicles 23:4

4 Of these, [David said,] "Twenty-four thousand [are] to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials

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 assembled all the commanders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.

3 And the Levites thirty years old and above were counted, and their number according to their head count for the men [was] thirty-eight thousand.

4 Of these, [David said,] "Twenty-four thousand [are] to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials

5 four thousand gatekeepers, [and] four thousand offering praise with the instruments that I have made for praise."

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