1 Chronicles 23:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 to 1 Chronicles 24:31 . The Levites and the Priests. The Chronicler implies that the organisation of the Levites and priests and the settling of their duties as existing in his...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thirty years. According to Numbers 4:3 ; Numbers 4:23 ; Numbers 4:35 ; Numbers 4:47 , Changed to twenty-five years by Jehovah ( Numbers 8:24 ); and, by David's "last words", to twenty years ( 1...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Thirty years and upward - The enumeration of the Lev...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The Levites were numbered ... thirty and eig...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David makes Solomon King. Particulars relating to the Levites This and the following three Chapter s (supplementing the earlier history) describe the arrangements made by David for the organisatio...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-5) The numbering of the Levites and their appointments.
1 Chronicles 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's interest in building the Temple and establishing it as the center of worship and of the nation is not only manifest in the material preparation he made in amassing treasure, and carrying out...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The age of their numbering from thirty years, seems to convey very strong testimonies that a competency of wisdom and gravity were considered as necessary, before that they were numbered among the Le...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward ,.... So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. Now the Levites were numbered. ] Not as t...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

From the age of thirty years and upward Not only till fifty, as it was appointed Numbers 4:2-3 , but even till their death: for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Numbering of the Levites. B. C. 1015. 1 So when David was old and full of days, he m...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From the age of thirty years and upward; not only till fifty, as it was appointed, Numbers 4:2,3 , but even till their death; for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, bec...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This and following three Chapter s contain an account of Levites and distribution of their services. Here their number, classification, and work ( 1 Chronicles 23:1-6 ). But 1 Chron...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:3 . Thirty years. So Moses had commanded. Numbers 4:3 . But now it would seem from 1 Chronicles 23:24 , that David numbered the levites from the age of twenty, the number at thir...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is the first of four employed on the subject of the Levites and the services distributed among them. The twenty-four orders of priests, sons of Aaron, occupy 1 Chronicle...
1 Chronicles 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Divided into Three Courses
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 4:48
1 Chronicles 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Upwards — Not only 'till fifty, as it was appointed, Numbers 4:2-3 , but even 'till their death: for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because the Levites were employed...

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes