Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
1 Chronicles 23:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: 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. |
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.
and also unto the Levites: they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God:
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.
both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.