1 Chronicles 23:4

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:

Twenty

Set forward

Nehemiah 11:9

Acts 20:28

Officers and judges

Malachi 2:7

Bible References

Twenty

The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Temple of Jehovah: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the House of God.

Their fellow Levites was assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God.

Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.

Their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.

Set forward

Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.

Be on guard for yourselves and the flock that the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Feed the Congregation of God that he purchased with the blood of his own [Son].

Officers and judges

From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges over Israel.

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.

Jehoshaphat also appointed some Levites, some priests, and some of the family leaders to serve as judges in Jerusalem.

The priests should teach the true knowledge of God. They are the messengers of Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore the people should learn (my will) the law from them.