1 Chronicles 23:27 BSB

1 Chronicles 23:27

For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

By the “last words of David” some understand an historical work on the latter part of his reign, drawn up probably by Gad or Nathan (compare 1Ch 27:24; 1Ch 29:29). Others suppose that he left behind him a work containing directions for the service of the sanctuary.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְדִבְרֵ֤י	ve.div.Rei	by [the] words of	H1697 →
דָוִיד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
הָאַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים	ha.'A.cha.ro.Nim	<the> last	H314 →
הֵ֖מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
מִסְפַּ֣ר	mis.Par	[were] [the] number of	H4557 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
לֵוִ֑י	le.Vi	Levi	H3878 →
מִבֶּ֛ן	mi.Ben	from a son of	H1121 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
שָׁנָ֖ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וּלְמָֽעְלָה׃	u.le.Ma.'e.lah	and <to> upwards <towards>	H4605 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 72:20
Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 23:1
  These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist…
Through
2 Samuel 23:1
These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:12–13
  So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
- Psalms 89:20
  I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- 2 Samuel 7:8–9
  Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…
- Colossians 3:16
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:3
  The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
- Numbers 10:21
  Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- Numbers 10:17
  Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.