These are sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward,1 Chronicles 23:24 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleTwenty years and upward - It appears that this was a different ordinance from that mentioned 1 Chronicles 23:3. At first he appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years and upward; now from twenty years. These were David's last orders; see 1 Chronicles 23:27. They should begin at an earlier age, and continue later.
This was not a very painful task; the ark being now fixed, and the Levites very numerous, there could be no drudgery.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sons of Levi
Numbers 10:17,21 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle...
after the house
Numbers 1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Numbers 2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers...
Numbers 3:15,20 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families...
Numbers 4:34-49 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families...
by their polls
Numbers 1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Numbers 2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers...
Numbers 3:15,20 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families...
Numbers 4:34-49 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families...
by their polls
Numbers 1:2,18,22 Take you the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers...
Numbers 3:47 You shall even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them...
from the age At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple which was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this latter period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue to serve. See the Note on
Numbers 8:24 This is it that belongs to the Levites...
.
Numbers 8:24 This is it that belongs to the Levites...
twenty
1 Chronicles 23:3,27 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man...
Numbers 1:3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Numbers 4:3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host...
Numbers 8:24 This is it that belongs to the Levites...
Ezra 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel...
1 Chronicles 23:24 Parallel Commentaries
Age Census Chief Counted Fathers Heads House Households Houses Individually Levi Muster Names Polls Service Twenty Upward WorkAge Census Chief Counted Fathers Heads House Households Houses Individually Levi Muster Names Polls Service Twenty Upward WorkTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.1 Chronicles 23:24 Mobile Bible
1 Chronicles 23:24 Bible Suite
1 Chronicles 23:24 Biblia Paralela
1 Chronicles 23:24 Chinese Bible
Bible Apps
Bible Hub
