1 Chronicles 23:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for according to the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and up—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For by the last words and acts of David, these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and above.

American Standard Version (1901)

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

Common English Bible

David’s last instructions were to count the Levites 20 years old and above.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:1

Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, son of Jesse, the oracle of the man whom God exalted, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the favorite of the Strong One of Israel:

1 Chronicles 23:24

These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses, the heads of families as they were enrolled according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and up who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 23:26

And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service”—

1 Chronicles 23:28

“but their duty shall be to assist the descendants of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God;

1 Chronicles 23:3

The Levites, thirty years old and up, were counted, and the total head count of men was thirty-eight thousand.

2 Chronicles 31:17

The enrollment of the priests was according to their ancestral houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and up was according to their offices, by their divisions.

Psalm 72:20

The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended.

Numbers 3:8

they shall be in charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and attend to the duties for the Israelites as they do service at the tabernacle.

Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who qualify to do work relating to the tent of meeting.