⁴ “Of these,” David said, “24,000 are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,^(A) 6,000 are to be officers and judges,^(B)

²⁴ These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses—the heads of families, according to their registration by name in the headcount—20 years old or more, who worked in the service of the Lord’s temple.^(A)