1 Chronicles 23:5

5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.

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 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges

5 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.

6 David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.