1 Chronicles 23:27

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

For by the last {H314} words {H1697} of David {H1732} the Levites {H3881} were numbered {H4557} from twenty {H6242} years {H8141} old {H1121} and above {H4605}:

For, according to David's last instructions, the descendants of Levi twenty years old and over were to be counted.

For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

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

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Cross-References

  • 1 Chronicles 23:24 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:3 (2 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 23:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ 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,

  • Psalms 72:20 (2 votes)

    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.