Key Verse Spotlight
1 Chronicles 23:24 — Meaning and Application
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.”
1 Chronicles 23:24
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. {brethren: or, kinsmen}
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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.
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: {that...: or, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem, etc}
And also unto the Levites; they shall no {more} carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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