## Of these, twenty four thousand ## AT: "Of these Levities, 24,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]]) ## six thousand ## "6,000 Levites" ## officers and judges ## These Levites listened to legal arguments and administered justice according to the Law of Moses. ## four thousand ## "4,000 Levites" ## gatekeepers ## These Levites guarded the temple entrance so no one unclean entered. ## that corresponded to ## "based on" or "according to the descendants of" ## Gershon, Kohath, and Merari ## These are names of Levi's sons. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])