John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 23:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward, etc.] So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was a new reckoning of them, (<132324>1 Chronicles 23:24) and their number by their posts; or, according to their heads: man by man, was thirty and eight thousand; which vastly exceeds the number in the times of Moses; (see <040447>Numbers 4:47,48), but then those above fifty years of age were not numbered, as they now might; since their work in the temple would be much more easy, no burdens to carry, as the ark, the vessels, etc.

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