1 Chronicles 23:27
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites taken from twenty years old and upward.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
In Context
26And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
Cross References
Numbers 3:8And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.
2 Samuel 23:1And these are the last words of David. 1 Faithful is David the son of Jesse, 1 And faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, 1 And beautiful are the psalms of Israel. 1
1 Chronicles 23:24These 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.
Psalms 72:20As the dream of one awakening, 1 O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image. 1
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 →