These are the last words of David: The declaration of David son of Jesse, the declaration of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob. This is the most delightful of Israel’s songs.
1 Chronicles 23:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised for according to the last words of David, the Levites twenty years old or more were to be counted #– # Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
These are the last words of David: The declaration of David son of Jesse, the declaration of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob. This is the most delightful of Israel’s songs.
These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral families #– #the family heads, according to their registration by name in the headcount #– #twenty years old or more, who worked in the service of the Lord’s temple.
Also, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service’ #– #
‘but their duty will be to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple #– #
The Levites thirty years old or more were counted; the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.
They distributed also to those recorded by genealogy of the priests by their ancestral families and the Levites twenty years old and above, by their responsibilities in their divisions;
They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
men from thirty years old to fifty years old #– #everyone who is qualified to do work at the tent of meeting.