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Levite Duties Revised

1 Chronicles 23:27

In 11 translations

BSB
For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
KJV
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:numbered: Heb. number
WEB
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward.
ASV
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
LSV
for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
YLT
for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
DBY
For by the last words of David was this [done], — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
DRC
So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
GNV
Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid, the Leuites were nombred from twentie yeere and aboue,
JPS
For by the last ordinances of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.
LXXE
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites taken from twenty years old and upward.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י בְדִבְרֵ֤י דָוִיד֙ הָאַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים הֵ֖מָּה מִסְפַּ֣ר בְּנֵי־לֵוִ֑י מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָֽעְלָה׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Δαυὶδ τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ἐστὶν ὁ ἀριθμὸς υἱῶν Λευὶ ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω·

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:24These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
  • Psalms 72:20Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
  • 2 Samuel 23:1These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

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