2 Chronicles 31:17

WEB

and those who were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;

KJV

Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

Commentary

Commentary

Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,.... As to the priests regist ered according to their families from the age before observed, a portion was given: so to the Levites: from twenty years old and upward, in their charges, by their courses; for though originally they were not admitted into the tabernacle till twenty five years of age, nor to officiate till thirty, but in David's time they were allowed at twenty years of age and upwards, Ch1 23:24 .