1 Chronicles 23:24
Good News Translation
These were the descendants of Levi, by clans and families, every one of them registered by name. Each of his descendants, twenty years of age or older, had a share in the work of the LORD's Temple.

New Revised Standard Version
These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses, the heads of families as they were enrolled according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
These were the clans and families of the tribe of Levi. Those who were 20 years and older were assigned to work at the LORD's temple.

New American Bible
These were the sons of Levi according to their ancestral houses, the family heads as they were enrolled one by one according to their names. They performed the work of the service of the house of the LORD beginning at twenty years of age.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

the sons of Levi

Numbers 10:17,21 And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it. . . .

after the house

Numbers 1:4 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds,

Numbers 2:32 This is the number of the children of Israel, of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

Numbers 3:15,20 Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward. . . .

Numbers 4:34-49 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the synagogue reckoned up the sons of Caath, by their kindreds and the houses of their fathers, . . .

by their polls

Numbers 1:4 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds,

Numbers 2:32 This is the number of the children of Israel, of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

Numbers 3:15,20 Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward. . . .

Numbers 4:34-49 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the synagogue reckoned up the sons of Caath, by their kindreds and the houses of their fathers, . . .

by their polls

Numbers 1:2,18,22 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex, . . .

Numbers 3:47 Thou shalt take five sicles for every bead, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

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.

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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.

twenty

1 Chronicles 23:3,27 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men. . . .

Numbers 1:3 From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.

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 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.

Ezra 3:8 And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord.

Context
Levite Duties Revised
24These 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.25For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.…
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 4:35
From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the ministry of the tabernacle of the covenant:

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.

Numbers 10:17
And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it.

Numbers 10:21
Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they came to the place of setting it up.

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

1 Chronicles 23:23
The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

2 Chronicles 31:17
To the priests by their families, and to the Levites from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes and companies.

Ezra 3:8
And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 23:23
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