King James Version (KJV)

1 Chronicles 23:4

“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:”

Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 23

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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:

Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.