1 Chronicles 23:27

27 iuxta praecepta quoque David novissima supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annis et supra

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 dixit enim David requiem dedit Dominus Deus Israhel populo suo et habitationem Hierusalem usque in aeternum

26 nec erit officii Levitarum ut ultra portent tabernaculum et omnia vasa eius ad ministrandum

27 iuxta praecepta quoque David novissima supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annis et supra

28 et erunt sub manu filiorum Aaron in cultum domus Domini in vestibulis et in exedris et in loco purificationis et in sanctuario et in universis operibus ministerii templi Domini

29 sacerdotes autem super panes propositionis et ad similae sacrificium et ad lagana et azyma et sartaginem et ad ferventem similam et super omne pondus atque mensuram