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1 Chronicles 23:27 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: "
1 Chronicles 23:27
Verse in Context
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For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
Because 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, and the work of the service of the house of God;
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
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1 Chronicles 23:1
"So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel."
1 Chronicles 23:2
"And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites."
1 Chronicles 23:3
"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."
1 Chronicles 23:4
"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:"
1 Chronicles 23:5
"Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith."
1 Chronicles 23:6
"And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."
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