1 Chronicles 23:24

²² Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

²³ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth —three in all.

These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

²⁵ For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

²⁶ So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
KJV: 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.
WEB: These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the LORD’s house, from twenty years old and upward.
ASV: These were the sons of Levi after their fathers` houses, even the heads of the fathers` [houses] of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
DARBY: These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, the chief fathers, as they were reckoned, by number of names by their polls, who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
BLB: These [were] the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from a son of twenty years and above.

ÅB: Dette var Levis sønner etter sine familier, overhodene for familiene, så mange av dem som ble mønstret, etter sine navn, en for en, de som gjorde arbeidet ved tjenesten i Herrens hus, fra tyveårsalderen og oppover.
OTB: Disse var Levis sønner etter deres fedres husstander,
overhodene for fedrenes husstander til de som ble talt,
i henhold til antall navn etter deres individuelle hodeantall,
som utførte arbeidet for tjenesten i Herrens hus,
fra tjue år og oppover.
B1930: Dette var Levis sønner efter sine familier, overhodene for familiene, så mange av dem som blev mønstret, efter sine navn, en for en, de som gjorde arbeidet ved tjenesten i Herrens hus, fra tyveårsalderen og opover.

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Original text and word study

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Numbers 10:17
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
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Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
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1 Chronicles 23:3
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
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Numbers 4:3
men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 8:24
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
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Ezra 3:8
In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
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Numbers 2:32
These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
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Numbers 1:22
From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
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