1 Chronicles 23:5

World English Bible

four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”

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1 Chronicles 23:5 in other translations

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

1 Chronicles 23:5 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 23:5 in context

  1. 3The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
  2. 4David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
  3. 5four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
  4. 6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  5. 7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.