^{2 Ref} and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;

^{3 Ref} and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.

^{4 Ref} Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah `are' twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,

^{5 Ref} and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, `with instruments that I made for praising,' `saith David.'

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