John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi, after the house of their fathers ,.... According to the three classes of them, as descending from the three sons of Levi: even the chief of the fathers ; or heads of families: as they were counted by number of names by their polls ; or according to their heads, one by one: that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord ; the particulars of which are in 1 Chronicles 23:28 . from the age of twenty years, and upwards ; they were first... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:24-32
Here is, I. An alteration made in the computation of the effective men of the Levites?that whereas, in Moses's time, they were not enlisted, or taken into service, till they were thirty-years old, nor admitted as probationers till twenty-five (Num. 8:24), David ordered, by direction from God, that they should be numbered for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upwards, 1 Chron. 23:24. This order he confirmed by his last words, 1 Chron. 23:27. When he put his... read more