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When the Levites were counted, the head count of every male 30 and older totaled 38,000. Of these, there were 24,000 to supervise the work on the Lord’s temple, 6,000 officers and judges, 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 praising the Lord with instruments made[a] for offering praise.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 23:5 LXX, Vulg; MT I made

The Levites thirty years old or more(A) were counted,(B) and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.(C) David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge(D) of the work(E) of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.(F) Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(G) I have provided for that purpose.”(H)

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