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and gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites.

Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards, - and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty-eight thousand.

Of these - to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand, - and officers and judges, six thousand;

and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise.

And David divided them into courses, - pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.