Chronicles I 23:27

27 For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward.

Chronicles I 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.

Chronicles I 23:27 In-Context

25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.

26 And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.

27 For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward.

28 For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;

29 and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;