Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Set forward
Officers and judges
Bible References
Twenty
1 Chronicles 23:28
Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Lord's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.
1 Chronicles 6:48
The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God's sanctuary.
1 Chronicles 9:28
Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.
1 Chronicles 26:20
Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God's temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.
Set forward
Nehemiah 11:9
Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.
Acts 20:28
Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
Officers and judges
1 Chronicles 26:29
As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:18
You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
Deuteronomy 17:8
If a matter is too difficult for you to judge -- bloodshed, legal claim, or assault -- matters of controversy in your villages -- you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
2 Chronicles 19:8
In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem.
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.