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