1 Chronicles 23:3

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

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

1 Chronicles 23:3 In-Context

1 When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.
2 David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites.
3 All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.
4 Then David said, “From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the LORD . Another 6,000 will serve as officials and judges.
5 Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.”
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