Bible verse
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 · 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.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
KJV
Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].
ASV
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
ERV
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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