# Of these, twenty-four thousand

"Of these Levities, 24,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# six thousand

"6,000 Levites" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# officers and judges

These Levites listened to legal arguments and administered justice according to the law of Moses.

# four thousand

"4,000 Levites" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# gatekeepers

These Levites guarded the temple entrance so no person who was ceremonially 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]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/houseofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judgeposition]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/praise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/praise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/levite]]