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


In Context

24 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.

25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever;

26 And also to the Levites: they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for its service.

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

28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

29 Both for the show-bread, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

1 Chronicles 23:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:27According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

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 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: