1 Chronicles 23:3-6
23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. 1
23:4 David said, 2 “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;
23:5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” 3
23:6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 23:32
23:32 They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple. 4
1 tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”
2 tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.
3 tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”
4 tn Heb “and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.”