1 Chronicles 23:3

The Levites over thirty years old were counted, and there was 38,000 in total.

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In The King James Version

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

In Context

2He also summoned all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.

4“Of these 24,000 will be in charge of the work of the house of the Lord, while 6,000 will be officers and judges,” David instructed.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:2“Register the descendants of Kohath from the tribe of Levi, according to their family and father's line.

Numbers 4:46This is how Moses, Aaron, and the Israelite leaders registered all the Levites according to their family and father's line.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:2-24

The Numbering of the Levites. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5 Moreover four… Read the whole commentary →

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