1 Chronicles 23:5
1 Chronicles 23:2-5 The Message (MSG)
At the same time he brought together all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites. The Levites thirty years and older were counted; the total was thirty-eight thousand. David sorted them into work groups: “Twenty-four thousand are in charge of administering worship in the sanctuary; six thousand are officials and judges; four thousand are security guards; and four thousand are to serve in the orchestra, praising GOD with instruments that I have provided for praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 King James Version (KJV)
moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
1 Chronicles 23:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.
1 Chronicles 23:5 New Century Version (NCV)
four thousand Levites will be gatekeepers, and four thousand Levites will praise the LORD with musical instruments I made for giving praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
1 Chronicles 23:5 New International Version (NIV)
Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 [musicians] were to praise the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise.