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The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
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Echoes of Moses' Law
Commentators note that David's census of the Levites from age thirty and up directly follows the precedent set by Moses in the book of Numbers. This shows a continuity in God's established order for worship, even as Israel transitioned from the mobile Tabernacle to the permanent Temple.
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19th Century
Anglican
Now ... and — that is, after the council had agreed upon it.
The Levites…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward So they were n…
Presbyterian
David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service and orders its officers. When those of t…
