1 Chronicles 23:3

1 Chronicles 23:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was 38,000 men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:3

1When David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2And he assembled together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and Levites. The Levites thirty years old and upward were counted, and their number man by man was 38,000. 4Of these 24,000 were to oversee and inspect the work of the house of the Lord and 6,000 were to be administrators and judges, 5and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

1 Chronicles 23:3 word by word

וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה וַיְהִ֨י מִסְפָּרָ֤ם לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם֙ לִגְבָרִ֔ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖ה אָֽלֶף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• were numberedסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• from the ageבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• of thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• and their numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• by their pollsגֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶתgûlgôleth · headH1538
• man by manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• and eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:3

• Numbers 4:2“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households,
• Numbers 4:48the men that were numbered were 8,580.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thirty years and upward - The enumeration of the Levites made in the desert, Numbers 4:3, was from thirty years upwards to fifty years. In this place, the latter limit is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed they had no longer any heavy burdens to carry, and therefore even an old man might continue to serve the tabernacle. David made another ordinance afterwards; see on 1 Chronicles 23:24-27; (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The records of the Levites list them by their roles instead of their families.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the Levites were numbered ... thirty and eight thousand--Four times their number at the early census taken by Moses (see on Nu 4:1-49; 26:1-51). It was, in all likelihood, this vast increase that suggested and rendered expedient that classification, made in the last year of David's reign, which the present and three subsequent chapters describe. by their polls, man by man--Women and children were not included.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:3

• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Golgotha
• Music
• Zacharias
• Adonijah
• Age; Old Age
• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary