1 Chronicles 23:27
So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.
2 Samuel 23:1Now these are David's last words. David the son of Isai said: The man to whom it was appointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob, the excellent psalmist of Israel said:
1 Chronicles 23:24These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.
Psalms 72:20The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
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 →