^{3 Ref} And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

^{4 Ref} Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;

^{5 Ref} and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, `said David', to praise therewith.

^{6 Ref} And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.