²⁷ So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.

²⁴ These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.

¹ Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:

³ And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

²⁰ The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.>