Bible verse
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
1 Chronicles 23:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Chronicles 23.
1 When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
2 Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
3 The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
4 “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,
5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
6 Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
KJV
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.
ASV
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
ERV
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
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