1 Chronicles 23:27
What does 1 Chronicles 23:27 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 23:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for by the last words of David they <FI>took<Fi> the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For by the last words of David was this [done], — the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
Context
v.26and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.
v.27This passage
v.28For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’housesof 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.
- 1 Chronicles 23:3
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.
- 2 Samuel 23:1
Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised on high saith, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- Psalms 72:20
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
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