1 Chronicles 23:5
3 The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
4 “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
6 Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
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
- 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- KJV
- Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
- WEB
- four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
- ASV
- and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.
- DARBY
- and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith].
- BLB
- and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to YHWH with instruments that I have made for giving praise.”
- ÅB
- og fire tusen skal være dørvoktere, og fire tusen skal lovsynge Herren til de instrumenter jeg har latt gjøre til lovsangen.
- OTB
- og fire tusen var portvoktere,
og fire tusen var dedikert til å prise Herren med instrumentene
som David laget for tilbedelse. - B1930
- og fire tusen skal være dørvoktere, og fire tusen skal lovsynge Herren til de instrumenter jeg har latt gjøre til lovsangen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
Read in contextAmos 6:5
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
Read in contextPsalms 87:7
Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
Read in context2 Chronicles 29:25–26
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:31–48
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
Read in contextEzra 7:7
So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
Read in context1 Chronicles 25:1–7
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Read in context1 Chronicles 9:17–27
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;
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