# The Levites who were thirty years old and older were counted This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Some of David's men counted the Levites who were 30 years old and older" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) # They numbered thirty-eight thousand "There were 38,000 of them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])