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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Other Translations for 1 Chronicles 23:4
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)
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
- Basic English Bible
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
- Darby Bible
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
- Webster's Bible
David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; six thousand were officers and judges;
- World English Bible
Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Chronicles 23:4
23:4 Officers - To take care that all the work of the temple aboutsacrifices should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others:which they were not to do all at once, but by courses, a thousand at a time.Judges - Not in the affairs of the temple; there the priests presided;but in several parts of the kingdom, where they assisted the princes andelders of every tribe, in the administration of justice.