1 Chronicles 23:4
Good News Translation
The king assigned twenty-four thousand to administer the work of the Temple, six thousand to keep records and decide disputes,

New Revised Standard Version
“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, six thousand shall be officers and judges,

Contemporary English Version
He said, "Twenty-four thousand of the Levites will be in charge of the temple, 6,000 will be temple officials and judges,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Of 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Of 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.

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1 Chronicles 23:28-32 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord. . . .

1 Chronicles 9:28-32 And some of their stock had the charge of the vessels for the ministry: for the vessels were both brought in and carried out by number. . . .

1 Chronicles 26:20-27 Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels. . . .

set forward.

Nehemiah 11:9,22 And Joel the son of Zechri their ruler, and Judas the son of Senua was second over the city. . . .

Acts 20:28 Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.

officers and judges

1 Chronicles 26:29-31 But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for the business abroad over Israel to teach them and judge them. . . .

Deuteronomy 16:18 Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

Deuteronomy 17:8-10 If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose. . . .

2 Chronicles 19:8 In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

Malachi 2:7 For the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.

Context
The Divisions of the 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.5Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 26:29
But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for the business abroad over Israel to teach them and judge them.

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.

Ezra 3:9
Then Josue and his sons and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda, as one man, stood to hasten them that did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brethren the Levites.

Ezekiel 44:24
And when there shall be a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they shall keep my laws, and my ordinances in all my solemnities, and sanctify my sabbaths.

1 Chronicles 23:3
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