1 Chronicles 23:4

Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:

Of which {H428}, twenty {H6242} and four {H702} thousand {H505} were to set forward {H5329} the work {H4399} of the house {H1004} of the LORD {H3068}; and six {H8337} thousand {H505} were officers {H7860} and judges {H8199}:

Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of ADONAI, while 6,000 were officials and judges

“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 19:8 (4 votes)

    Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

  • Deuteronomy 16:18 (3 votes)

    ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:28 (2 votes)

    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;

  • 1 Chronicles 23:32 (2 votes)

    And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy [place], and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

  • Deuteronomy 17:8 (2 votes)

    ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

  • Deuteronomy 17:10 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

  • 1 Chronicles 26:29 (2 votes)

    ¶ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.