1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.
Cross-reference
1 Chronicles 23:3 counts Levites from age thirty, directly contrasting the twenty-year threshold in this verse.
1 Chronicles 23:27 confirms David’s last instructions established this same age of twenty for Levite service.
In 1 Chronicles 24:4, the counting of Levites in 23:24 is applied specifically to priestly divisions, with numbers for Eleazar and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:6 continues the registration theme, recording how the priestly divisions were officially listed by Shemaiah.
1 Chronicles 26:32 expands the census to Levites for outside duties, mirroring the same counting of capable men.
Numbers 3:20 lists the same sons of Merari (Mahli, Mushi) that appear in the genealogy preceding this census verse.
Numbers 4:34-49 records a similar census of Levites for tabernacle service, but with a 30‑ to 50‑year age range instead of 20+.
Ezra 3:8 also appoints Levites twenty years and older to oversee temple rebuilding, paralleling this age criterion.
2 Chronicles 31:17 echoes the same age threshold ('from twenty years old and upward') for Levite registration, showing continued practice.
Numbers 4:3 restricts Levite service to those thirty and older, differing from the twenty-year minimum here.
Numbers 8:24 sets the Levite service age at twenty-five, contrasting with the twenty-year minimum given here.
Numbers 3:15 also numbers Levites but from one month old — contrasting with the 20‑year minimum for service here.
Numbers 4:3 restricts Levite service to those thirty and older, differing from the twenty-year minimum here.
Numbers 1:3 likewise counts men twenty years old and older for military service in Israel.
Numbers 1:18 also records counting men twenty years and older, but for the military census of all Israel, not specifically Levites.
Numbers 1:22 similarly lists men twenty years and older from the tribe of Simeon for army service.