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1 Chronicles 23:3
3The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.
Context of 1 Chronicles 23:3
1When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand. 4David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges. 5Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
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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
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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
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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
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