1 Chronicles 23:4
“Of which, twentie and foure thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord: and sixe thousand were Officers and Iudges.”
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1 Chronicles 23:4 Context
2¶ And he gathered together all the Princes of Israel, with the Priests and the Leuites. 3Now the Leuites were numbred from the age of thirtie yeeres and vpward: and their number, by their polles, man by man, was thirtie and eight thousand. 4Of which, twentie and foure thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord: and sixe thousand were Officers and Iudges. 5Moreouer, foure thousand were porters, and foure thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made (said Dauid) to praise therewith. 6And Dauid diuided them into courses among the sonnes of Leui, namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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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:
- King James Version
Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 {were} officers and judges,
- New American Standard Version (1995)