1 Chronicles 23:5 meaning and explanation

4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

1 Chronicles 23:5, Berean Standard Bible

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David is old and organizing the temple worship before Solomon takes the throne. In this verse he assigns two groups of four thousand Levites each: gatekeepers who guard the entrances, and musicians who praise God with instruments David himself provided.

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