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1 Chronicles 23:27

David

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.”

For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

28 but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

29 as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

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BSB
For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
KJV
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
WEB
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward.
ASV
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
DARBY
For by the last words of David was this [done], the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
BLB
For by the last words of David they were numbering the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and above.
ÅB
For det var etter Davids siste ord at Levis barn ble tellet fra tyveårsalderen og oppover.
OTB
I henhold til Davids siste instruksjoner,
ble Levis sønner talt fra tjue år og oppover.
B1930
For det var efter Davids siste ord at Levis barn blev tellet fra tyveårsalderen og opover.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 23:24

    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.

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  • 2 Samuel 23:1

    These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

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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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  • Psalms 72:20

    Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

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