1 Chronicles 23:27
In accordance with David's final instructions, Levites twenty years of age or more were counted.
Free Bible 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
26So the Levites don't need to carry the Tent any longer, or anything needed for its service.”
Cross References
Numbers 3:8They are responsible for caring for all the furniture of the Tent of Meeting, serving the Israelites through what they do in the Tabernacle.
2 Samuel 23:1These are David's last words. The divine message of David son of Jesse, the divine message of the man made great by God, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, the wonderful psalm-writer of Israel:
1 Chronicles 23:24These were the descendants of Levi by family, the heads of families chiefs listed individually by name—those twenty years of age or more who served in the house of the Lord.
Psalms 72:20(This is the end of the psalms of David, son of Jesse.)
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 →