27According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.


In Context

24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families-the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the Lord .

25 For David had said, "Since the Lord , the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,

26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service."

27 According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

28 The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord : to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.

29 They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

1st Chronicles 23:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:27So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David was this done, the numbering of the sons of Levi from twenty years old and upward.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27for by the last words of David they took the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: