1 Chronicles 23:4

WEB

David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; six thousand were officers and judges;

KJV

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:

Commentary

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 pri ests 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 Deu 16:18 .