3 The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000. 4 “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges, 5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:3–5
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