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1 Chronicles 23:5
four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 · World English Bible
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1 Chronicles 23:5 in other translations
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, for giving praise."
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In context
2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the LORD’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
5 four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
6 David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
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