1 Chronicles 23:27
So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
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In The King James Version
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
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Cross References
Numbers 3:8And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.
2 Samuel 23:1Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:
1 Chronicles 23:24These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
Psalms 72:20The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. A Psalm. Of Asaph.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:25-32
The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1015.) 24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord , from the age of twenty years and upward. 25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the… Read the whole commentary →