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27 lines
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## Of these, twenty four thousand ##
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AT: "Of these Levities, 24,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## six thousand ##
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"6,000 Levites"
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## officers and judges ##
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These Levites listened to legal arguments and administered justice according to the Law of Moses.
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## four thousand ##
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"4,000 Levites"
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## gatekeepers ##
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These Levites guarded the temple entrance so no one unclean entered.
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## that corresponded to ##
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"based on" or "according to the descendants of"
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## Gershon, Kohath, and Merari ##
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These are names of Levi's sons. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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