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1 Chronicles 23:24

These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

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ASV

These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of 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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428 →
בְנֵֽי־ve.nei-[were] [the] descendants ofH1121 →
לֵוִי֩le.ViLeviH3878 →
לְבֵ֨יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004 →
אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם'a.vo.tei.Hemancestors theirH1 →
רָאשֵׁ֧יra.Shei[the] chiefs ofH7218 →
הָאָב֣וֹתha.'a.Votthe fathersH1 →
לִפְקוּדֵיהֶ֗םlif.ku.dei.Hemto [men] enrolled theirH6485 →
בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbe.mis.Parby number ofH4557 →
שֵׁמוֹת֙she.mOtnamesH8034 →
לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔םle.gul.ge.lo.Tamto skulls theirH1538 →
עֹשֵׂה֙'o.Sehdoer[s] ofH6213 →
הַמְּלָאכָ֔הha.me.la.Khahthe workH4399 →
לַעֲבֹדַ֖תla.'a.vo.Datof [the] service ofH5656 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִבֶּ֛ןmi.Benfrom a son ofH1121 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimtwentyH6242 →
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141 →
וָמָֽעְלָה׃va.Ma.'e.lahand up -wardsH4605 →

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Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.Numbers 10:21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.Numbers 4:3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.2 Chronicles 31:17and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their duties and divisions.Ezra 3:8In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.Numbers 8:24“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:35everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 3:15“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”1 Chronicles 23:27For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,Numbers 1:22From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,Numbers 1:18and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,Numbers 4:34–49So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families,Numbers 2:32These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.Numbers 1:2–4“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.1 Chronicles 26:32Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.

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