1 Chronicles 23:4
“Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:”
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Cross-References
“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”
“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;”
“And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.”
“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”
“Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.”