1 Chronicles 23:4

Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

1 Chronicles 6:48And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

1 Chronicles 23:28For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

1 Chronicles 26:29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

2 Chronicles 23:18And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD.

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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