1 Chronicles 23:24

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22 And Eleazar died, and ^ahad no sons, but only daughters; and their¹ brethren, the sons of Kish, ^btook them as wives.

23 ^aThe sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.

24 These were the sons of ^aLevi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of ^btwenty years and above.

25 For David said, “The Lord God of Israel ^ahas given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”;

26 and also to the Levites, “They shall no longer ^acarry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.”

27 For by the ^alast words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;

28 because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,

29 both with ^athe showbread and ^bthe fine flour for the grain offering, with ^cthe unleavened cakes and ^dwhat is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of ^emeasures and sizes;

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1 Chronicles 23:24

Twenty years and upward - It appears that this was a different ordinance from that mentioned I 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 I 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.

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