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Each had to be twenty years old or older to qualify for service in the house of the LORD. <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD. <a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD. <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/23.htm">King James Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. <a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/23.htm">New King James Version</a> These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above. <a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, the heads of the fathers’ households of those among them who were counted, in the number of names by their head count, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers&#8217 households, even the heads of the fathers&#8217 households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/amp/1_chronicles/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> These were the Levites by their fathers’ households, the heads of the fathers’ households of those registered, according to the number of names of the individuals who were the servants of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/csb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral families —the family heads, according to their registration by name in the headcount—twenty years old or more, who worked in the service of the LORD’s temple. <a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses—the heads of families, according to their registration by name in the headcount—20 years old or more, who worked in the service of the LORD&#8217s temple. <a href="/asv/1_chronicles/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/cev/1_chronicles/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> These were the clans and families of the tribe of Levi. Those who were 20 years and older were assigned to work at the LORD's temple. <a href="/erv/1_chronicles/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These were Levi's descendants, who were grouped according to their families. The heads of their families were registered by name as they were counted. Everyone who served in the LORD's temple was at least 20 years old. <a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> These were the descendants of Levi, by clans and families, every one of them registered by name. Each of his descendants, twenty years of age or older, had a share in the work of the LORD's Temple. <a href="/isv/1_chronicles/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> These were the descendants of Levi according to their ancestral households, with family heads documented according to the names of persons 20 years and older who were appointed to perform work in service to the Temple of the LORD. <a href="/msb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These were the descendants of Levi by their families?the heads of families, registered individually by name?those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD. <a href="/net/1_chronicles/23.htm">NET Bible</a> These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD's temple and were twenty years old and up. <a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of ancestral houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who do the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. <a href="/web/1_chronicles/23.htm">World English Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of Yahweh’s house, from twenty years old and upward. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their counted heads, doing the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from a son of twenty years and upward, <a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> These are sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward, <a href="/slt/1_chronicles/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> These the sons of Levi for the house of their fathers: the heads of the fathers for their reviewing by the number of names to their craniums doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from the son of twenty years and above.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> These are the sons of Levi, in their kindred and families, leaders in turns, and the number of each of the heads who were doing the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord, from twenty years of age and upward. <a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/23.htm">New American Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi according to their ancestral houses, the family heads as they were enrolled one by one according to their names. They performed the work of the service of the house of the LORD beginning at twenty years of age. <a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses, the heads of families as they were enrolled according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers, even the chiefs of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, who were overseers over the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. <a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> These are the sons of Levi for the house of their fathers, Chiefs of the fathers, for their accounting, in the number of their names by the Chief man presiding over the works that are necessary in the house of LORD JEHOVAH, from a son of twenty years and above.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, according to their muster, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/sep/1_chronicles/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward. <a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=6529" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/23.htm">Levite Duties Revised</a> 24<a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">These</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">were the descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3878.htm" title="3878: lê·wî (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him. From lavah; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob.">of Levi</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">by their families</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rā·šê (N-mpc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">the heads</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of families,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: lip̄·qū·ḏê·hem (Prep-l:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc:: 3mp) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">registered</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: bə·mis·par (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1538.htm" title="1538: lə·ḡul·gə·lō·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A skull, head, poll (of persons). By reduplication from galal; a skull; by implication, a head.">individually</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šê·mō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">by name—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">those twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: mib·ben (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years of age</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: wā·mā·‘ə·lāh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">or older</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śêh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">who worked</a> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm" title="4399: ham·mə·lā·ḵāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From the same as mal'ak; properly, deputyship, i.e. Ministry; generally, employment or work; also property."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: la·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">in the service</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> 25For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a> men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24-26</a> “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting. / But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve. / After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.” <a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">1 Chronicles 23:3</a> The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000. <a href="/1_chronicles/24-3.htm">1 Chronicles 24:3-5</a> With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service. / Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar. / Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants. <a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">1 Chronicles 25:1</a> Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service: <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">1 Chronicles 26:12-19</a> These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did. / They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike. / The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/28-13.htm">1 Chronicles 28:13</a> for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD: <a href="/1_chronicles/28-21.htm">1 Chronicles 28:21</a> The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.” <a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a> In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God. <a href="/2_chronicles/23-18.htm">2 Chronicles 23:18</a> Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David. <a href="/2_chronicles/31-2.htm">2 Chronicles 31:2</a> Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling. <a href="/ezra/3-8.htm">Ezra 3:8</a> In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD. <a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a> The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. <a href="/nehemiah/12-45.htm">Nehemiah 12:45-46</a> They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed. / For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. <a href="/luke/1-8.htm">Luke 1:8-9</a> One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, / he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.the sons of Levi<a href="/numbers/10-17.htm">Numbers 10:17,21</a> And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle… after the house<a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Numbers 1:4</a> And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.<a href="/numbers/2-32.htm">Numbers 2:32</a> These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.<a href="/numbers/3-15.htm">Numbers 3:15,20</a> Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them… by their polls<a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Numbers 1:4</a> And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.<a href="/numbers/2-32.htm">Numbers 2:32</a> These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.<a href="/numbers/3-15.htm">Numbers 3:15,20</a> Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them… by their polls<a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Numbers 1:2,18,22</a> Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; … <a href="/numbers/3-47.htm">Numbers 3:47</a> Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)<a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24</a> This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:<a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24</a> This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:twenty<a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">1 Chronicles 23:3,27</a> 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… <a href="/numbers/1-3.htm">Numbers 1:3</a> From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a> From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">Age</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">Census</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-20.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-14.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-11.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-9.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-11.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-9.htm">Households</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-9.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/3_john/1-14.htm">Individually</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-14.htm">Levi</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-28.htm">Muster</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-6.htm">Names</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">Polls</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-17.htm">Service</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/23-25.htm">Age</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">Census</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-27.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-26.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">Households</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-4.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/romans/12-5.htm">Individually</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-20.htm">Levi</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-14.htm">Muster</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-17.htm">Names</a> <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Polls</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-26.htm">Service</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-27.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-27.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 23</div>1. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm">David in his old age makes Solomon king</a> 2. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-2.htm">The number and distribution of the Levites</a> 7. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-7.htm">The families of the Gershonites</a> 12. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-12.htm">The sons of Kohath</a> 21. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-21.htm">The sons of Merari</a> 24. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">The office of the Levites</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Their lineage traces back to Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The Levites were divided into three main families: the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites, each with specific roles in the tabernacle service. This division highlights the importance of family lineage in maintaining religious and cultural traditions in ancient Israel.the heads of families, registered individually by name— The practice of registering individuals by name underscores the importance of order and accountability in the service of God. This meticulous record-keeping reflects the organizational structure necessary for the administration of temple duties. It also emphasizes the personal responsibility of each Levite in fulfilling their God-given roles, a principle that resonates with the New Testament teaching on the body of Christ, where each member has a specific function (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-12.htm">1 Corinthians 12:12-27</a>).those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD. Originally, the age for Levitical service was set at thirty (<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a>), but David lowered it to twenty, possibly due to the increased responsibilities with the establishment of the temple. This change indicates a shift in the religious practices as Israel transitioned from a nomadic to a more settled society. The "house of the LORD" refers to the temple, a central place of worship and sacrifice, symbolizing God's presence among His people. The Levites' service foreshadows the priesthood of all believers in Christ, who serve in the spiritual temple of the church (<a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/l/levi.htm">Levi</a> Levi was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the ancestor of the Levites, the tribe set apart for religious duties and service in the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> The descendants of Levi, who were given the responsibility of serving in the temple and assisting the priests in their duties. 3. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_the_lord.htm">House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites where the Levites performed their service. 4. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> King David organized the Levites for their service in the temple, as described in the broader context of <a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/23.htm">1 Chronicles 23</a>. 5. <a href="/topical/s/service.htm">Service</a> The duties and responsibilities assigned to the Levites in the temple, which included various tasks such as music, maintenance, and assisting with sacrifices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_service.htm">The Importance of Service</a> The Levites were set apart for service in the house of the LORD, reminding us of the importance of dedicating our lives to serving God and His purposes. <a href="/topical/g/generational_responsibility.htm">Generational Responsibility</a> The registration of Levites by family underscores the importance of passing down faith and responsibilities through generations. <a href="/topical/a/adaptability_in_ministry.htm">Adaptability in Ministry</a> David's adjustment of the age requirement for Levites shows the need for flexibility and adaptation in ministry roles to meet the needs of the time. <a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_god's_work.htm">Commitment to God's Work</a> The Levites' commitment to their duties serves as a model for our dedication to the work God has called us to do, whether in the church or in our daily lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 23</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_support_levite_service_in_1_chron.htm">Are there archaeological findings that support or contradict the large-scale Levite service outlined in 1 Chronicles 23:24–32? </a> <a href="/q/did_the_chronicler_exaggerate_david's_reforms.htm">Could the chronicler have exaggerated details to elevate David’s religious reforms, raising questions about the historical reliability of 1 Chronicles 23?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_differing_genealogies.htm">How can we reconcile 1 Chronicles 23:6–23 with other genealogical lists that appear to differ in both names and numbers? </a> <a href="/q/is_1_chronicles_24's_priest_claim_plausible.htm">Is the claim in 1 Chronicles 24 of David having enough priests to fill 24 separate divisions historically plausible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers.--Rather, These were the sons of Levi, according to their father-houses (clans), heads of the houses (fathers, i.e., father-houses), to those mustered of them, in an enumeration of names according to their polls. This is the subscription to the foregoing list of names of the Levitical houses, as entered in the muster-rolls of David.As they were counted.--<a href="/numbers/1-21.htm" title="Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.">Numbers 1:21</a>; <a href="/exodus/30-14.htm" title="Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.">Exodus 30:14</a>. The word is that used in <a href="/1_chronicles/21-6.htm" title="But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.">1Chronicles 21:6</a> (p?qad).By number of names.--<a href="/numbers/1-18.htm" title="And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.">Numbers 1:18</a>; <a href="/numbers/3-43.htm" title="And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and three score and thirteen.">Numbers 3:43</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. - This and the remaining verses of the chapter contain some general provisions regarding the offices and future work of the Levites - in part David's last edition of such provisions. (On the present verse comp. <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Numbers 1:1-4</a>; <a href="/numbers/4-1.htm">Numbers 4:1-3, 21-23, 29, 30</a>; <a href="/numbers/8-23.htm">Numbers 8:23-26</a>.) It is not easy to reconcile this verse with ver. 3. Keil cuts the knot at once by supposing the "thirty" years of ver. 3 to be the error of a copyist, to whose memory the Mosaic census was present. And with Bertheau, he objects to the supposition that this verse describes a supplementary census, in conformity with "David's last words" (ver. 27), and as contrasted with his former directions. With the exception of what is contained in vers. 25-27, it is true that these do not offer themselves sufficient indications to make one feel confident of this explanation. On the other hand, to set down the number "thirty" in ver. 3 at once to the mistake of a copyist is too summary and convenient a way of escaping an awkward difficulty. It is evident that the following three verses do purport to explain why at this time the age of allowable service was altered to a standard so much lower than of old, and to assert that this alteration was recognized by the last orders of David. <a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>These אֵ֣לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those were the descendants בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Levi לֵוִי֩ (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3878.htm">Strong's 3878: </a> Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him by their families— אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father the heads רָאשֵׁ֧י (rā·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head of families, הָאָב֣וֹת (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father registered לִפְקוּדֵיהֶ֗ם (lip̄·qū·ḏê·hem) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit individually לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔ם (lə·ḡul·gə·lō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1538.htm">Strong's 1538: </a> A skull, head, poll (of persons) by name— שֵׁמוֹת֙ (šê·mō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name those twenty עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth years of age מִבֶּ֛ן (mib·ben) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son or older וָמָֽעְלָה׃ (wā·mā·‘ə·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top who worked עֹשֵׂה֙ (‘ō·śêh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in the service לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת (la·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> Work of any kind of the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD. יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 23:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 23:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 23:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 23:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>