5Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.


In Context

2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.

3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.

4 Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.

5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.

6 And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.

7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.

1 Chronicles 23:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David,] to praise [therewith. ]

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made,'said David , to praise therewith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Moreover, four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, for giving praise.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, 'with instruments that I made for praising,' saith David.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.