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1 Chronicles 23:3

1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

2 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.

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:

5 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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BSB
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
KJV
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.
WEB
The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
ASV
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
DARBY
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
BLB
And the Levites were numbered from a son of thirty years and above, and the number by their heads of mighty men was thirty-eight thousand.
ÅB
Og levittene ble tellet fra tyveårsalderen og oppover, og tallet på dem - en for en, alle som var av mannkjønn - var åtte og tretti tusen.
OTB
Levittene ble talt fra tretti år og oppover,
og deres antall ved folketellingen av menn var trettiåtte tusen.
B1930
Og levittene blev tellet fra tyveårsalderen og opover, og tallet på dem - en for en, alle som var av mannkjønn - var åtte og tretti tusen.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:24

    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.

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  • Numbers 4:2–49

    Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

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