1 Chronicles 23:24

1 Chronicles · Old Testament · Chapter 23

“These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.”1 Chronicles 23:24

What Does 1 Chronicles 23:24 Mean?

1 Chronicles 23:24 is found in the book of 1 Chronicles, chapter 23, verse 24 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to 1 Chronicles 23:24 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Numbers 10:17“And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.”Numbers 10:21“And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.”1 Chronicles 23:3“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.”Numbers 4:3“From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.”2 Chronicles 31:17“Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;”Numbers 4:35“From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:”Numbers 8:24“This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:”1 Chronicles 23:27“For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:”Ezra 3:8“Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.”Numbers 1:2“Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;”Numbers 1:18“And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.”Numbers 1:22“Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”Numbers 2:32“These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.”Numbers 3:15“Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.”Numbers 3:20“And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.”Numbers 3:47“Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)”Numbers 4:23“From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.”Numbers 4:34“And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,”1 Chronicles 24:4“And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.”1 Chronicles 24:6“And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.”

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