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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 23:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ch 23:4	Strong Concordance	Of which [0428], twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505] were to set forward [05329] the work [04399] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; and six [08337] thousand [0505] were officers [07860] and judges [08199]:
	King James	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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord--They were not to preside over all the services of the temple. The Levites were subject to the priests, and they were superior to the Nethinim and other servants, who were not of the race of Levi. But they had certain departments of duty assigned, some of which are here specified.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord--They were not to preside over all the services of the temple. The Levites were subject to the priests, and they were superior to the Nethinim and other servants, who were not of the race of Levi. But they had certain departments of duty assigned, some of which are here specified.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Officers - To take care that all the work of the temple about sacrifices should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others: which they were not to do all at once, but by courses, a thousand at a time. Judges - Not in the affairs of the temple; there the priests presided; but in several parts of the kingdom, where they assisted the princes and elders of every tribe, in the administration of justice.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Officers - To take care that all the work of the temple about sacrifices should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others: which they were not to do all at once, but by courses, a thousand at a time. Judges - Not in the affairs of the temple; there the priests presided; but in several parts of the kingdom, where they assisted the princes and elders of every tribe, in the administration of justice.

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