1 Chronicles 23:27
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
1 Chronicles 23:27 in other translations
| BSB | For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted, |
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| WEB | For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward. |
| ASV | For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward. |
| YLT | for by the last words of David they took the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward, |
| DARBY | For by the last words of David was this done, — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward. |
| BBE | So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over. |
| Webster | For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: |
What does 1 Chronicles 23:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 23:24-27
24-27. These were the sons of Levi ... that did the work ... from the age of twenty years and upward--The enumeration of the Levites was made by David (1Ch 23:3) on the same rule as that followed by Moses (Nu 4:3), namely, from thirty years. But he saw afterwards that this rule might be beneficially relaxed, and that the enrolment of Levites for their proper duties might be made from twenty years of age. The ark and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:24-32
Now the people of Israel were so many, there should be more employed in the temple service, that every Israelite who brought an offering might find a Levite ready to help him. When more work is to be done, it is pity but there should be more workmen. A new heart, a spiritual mind, which delights greatly in God's commandments, and can find a refreshing feast in his ordinances, forms the great distinction between the…
1 Chronicles 23:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:27
- 1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.
- 2 Samuel 23:1
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
- 1 Chronicles 23:3
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
- Psalms 72:20
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
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- 1 Chronicles 23:26
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
- 1 Chronicles 23:27
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
- 1 Chronicles 23:28
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
1 Chronicles 23:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así que, conforme á las postreras palabras de David, fué la cuenta de los hijos de Leví de veinte años arriba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car c’est selon les dernières paroles de David que se fit le dénombrement des fils de Lévi, depuis l’âge de 20 ans et au-dessus. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn nach den letzten Worten Davids wurden von den Söhnen Levis diejenigen von zwanzig Jahren an und darüber gezählt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Juxta præcepta quoque David novissima, supputabitur numerus filiorum Levi a viginti annis et supra. |