1 Chronicles 23:27
Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 3:8and let them take care of the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in its ministry.
2 Samuel 23:1These are the last words of David. Now David, the son of Jesse, the man to whom it was appointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob, the preeminent psalmist of Israel said:
1 Chronicles 23:24These are the sons of Levi, in their kindred and families, leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord, from twenty years of age and upward.
Psalms 72:20As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
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 →