1 Chronicles 23:2-6 ▼

2 He then gathered together all the officials of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

3 The Levites thirty years old and above were counted, and their total number was found to be thirty-eight thousand.

4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to direct the service of the house of the LORD, six thousand were to be officials and judges,

5 four thousand were to be gatekeepers, and four thousand were to praise the LORD with the instruments which [David] had devised for praise.

6 David apportioned them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.