1 Chronicles 23:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁷ for by the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ 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)

²⁷ For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

Common English Bible

²⁷ David’s last instructions were to count the Levites 20 years old and above.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Also, according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi shall be counted by number from twenty years of age and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:27 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:1

Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:

1 Chronicles 23:24

These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, the heads of fathers' houses as they were registered according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward 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 sons 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 upward, were numbered, and the total was thirty-eight thousand men.

2 Chronicles 31:17

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

Psalm 72:20

The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

Numbers 3:8

they shall have charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and attend to the duties for the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.

Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can enter the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.