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1 Chronicles 23:3 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
1 Chronicles 23:3
Verse in Context
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So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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.
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:
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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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 23:4
"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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