1 Chronicles 23:3

And the Levites numbered themselves from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.

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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

2And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.

4Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord there were twenty-four thousand, and there were six thousand scribes and judges;

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Cross References

Numbers 4:2Take the sum of the children of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers’ households;

Numbers 4:46All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, namely, the Levites, according to their families and according to the houses of their lineage,

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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