1 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. ² 

1 Chronicles 23:26-27

23:26 So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service.” 23:27 According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted. ³ 

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¹ tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”

² tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

³ tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”