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1 Chronicles 23:2-6 (Listen)

David1 assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. The Levites, sthirty years old and upward, were numbered, and tthe total was u38,000 men. “Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said,2 v“shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be wofficers and judges, 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments xthat I have made for praise.” yAnd David organized them in divisions zcorresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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[1] 23:2 Hebrew He
[2] 23:4 Hebrew lacks David said