1 Chronicles 23:24

These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

25For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem forever.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:2Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to their kindred, according to the houses of their fathers’ families, according to their number by their names, according to their heads: every male

Numbers 1:22For the children of Simeon according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the host,

Numbers 3:15Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upward.

Numbers 3:47thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachma, twenty oboli to the shekel.

Numbers 4:34And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the sons of Kohath according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage;

Numbers 10:17And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gershon shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

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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