1 Chronicles 23:4

4 ex his electi sunt et distributi in ministerium domus Domini viginti quattuor milia praepositorum autem et iudicum sex mili

1 Chronicles 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:4

Of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work
of the house of the Lord
To prepare for the work of the priests by slaying the sacrifices, flaying them, cutting them in pieces, and washing them, and bringing them to the altar; 1000 of these served weekly in their turns:

and six thousand were officers and judges:
that acted as justices of the peace in the several parts of the country, heard causes and administered justice to the people, being trained up in and acquainted with the laws of God, civil as well as ecclesiastic; some were more properly judges, and others executioners of their sentence; see ( Deuteronomy 16:18 ) ( 17:9 ) .

1 Chronicles 23:4 In-Context

2 et congregavit omnes principes Israhel et sacerdotes atque Levitas

3 numeratique sunt Levitae a triginta annis et supra et inventa sunt triginta octo milia virorum

4 ex his electi sunt et distributi in ministerium domus Domini viginti quattuor milia praepositorum autem et iudicum sex mili

5 porro quattuor milia ianitores et totidem psaltae canentes Domino in organis quae fecerat ad canendum

6 et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi Gersom videlicet et Caath et Merari