1 Chronicles 23:26
So the Levites don't need to carry the Tent any longer, or anything needed for its service.”
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27In accordance with David's final instructions, Levites twenty years of age or more were counted.
Cross References
Numbers 4:5Whenever you move camp, Aaron and his sons will go in, take down the veil, and place it over the Ark of the Testimony.
Numbers 4:49It was in response to the Lord's instructions that they were registered by Moses. Each of those registered were told what to do and what to carry, as the Lord had ordered Moses.
Deuteronomy 10:8At this time the Lord put the tribe of Levi in charge of carrying the Ark of the Lord's Agreement, as well as serving the Lord by standing in his presence, and of pronouncing blessings in his name, as they continue to do to this day.
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 →