1 Chronicles 23:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,”
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“For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:”
King James Version · Public Domain“For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for by the last words of David they <FI>took<Fi> the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 23:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 3:8They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 4:3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- 2 Samuel 23:1These 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:
- 1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
- 1 Chronicles 23:24These 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.
- 2 Chronicles 31:17and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their duties and divisions.
- Psalms 72:20Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
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