1 Chronicles 23:3
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And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.

the Levites

Numbers 4:2,3,23,30,35,43,47 Take the sum of the sons of Caath from the midst of the Levites, by their houses and families. . . .

thirty and eight

Numbers 4:48 Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

Context
The Divisions of the Levites
2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites. 3And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men.4Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.…
Cross References
Numbers 4:3
From thirty years old and upward, to fifty years old, of all that go in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

Numbers 4:23
From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

Numbers 4:48
Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

Numbers 8:24
This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

1 Chronicles 23:2
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.

1 Chronicles 23:24
These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, princes by their courses, and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the Lord from twenty years old and upward.

2 Chronicles 31:16
Besides the males from three years old and upward, to all that went into the temple of the Lord, and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry, and their offices according to their courses, day by day.

Lexicon
The Levites
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

thirty
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

years of age
מִבֶּ֛ן (mib·ben)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and older
וָמָ֑עְלָה (wā·mā·‘ə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

were counted,
וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙ (way·yis·sā·p̄ə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate

and the total number
מִסְפָּרָ֤ם (mis·pā·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

of men
לִגְבָרִ֔ים (liḡ·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

was
וַיְהִ֨י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

38,000
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (šə·lō·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7970: Thirty, thirtieth


Additional Translations
The Levites thirty years of age and older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

And the Levites numbered themselves from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number, by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.
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