Holy Scripture
1 Chronicles 23:3
A church father on this verse
“The text of Chronicles makes a list of the Levites according to the importance and dignity given them by the great Moses. It demonstrates how the successors of Moses were chosen for this purpose and how Zadok was appointed as the high priest, along with his nephew Eleazari, and also Abimelech, nephew of Itamari. It in…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And the Levites numbered themselves from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
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1And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
2And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
— 1 Chronicles 23:3 —
4Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord there were twenty-four thousand, and there were six thousand scribes and judges;
5and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.