1 Chronicles 23:5

5 porro quattuor milia ianitores et totidem psaltae canentes Domino in organis quae fecerat ad canendum

1 Chronicles 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5

Moreover four thousand were porters
At the east, north, and south gates of the temple, in their turns;

and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments;
were singers in the temple, which in all made up 38,000:

which I made, said David, to praise therewith;
which instruments he devised and ordered to be made to praise the Lord with; see ( 2 Chronicles 29:26 ) ( Nehemiah 12:36 ) .

1 Chronicles 23:5 In-Context

3 numeratique sunt Levitae a triginta annis et supra et inventa sunt triginta octo milia virorum

4 ex his electi sunt et distributi in ministerium domus Domini viginti quattuor milia praepositorum autem et iudicum sex mili

5 porro quattuor milia ianitores et totidem psaltae canentes Domino in organis quae fecerat ad canendum

6 et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi Gersom videlicet et Caath et Merari

7 Gersom Leedan et Semei