Chapter 23

The first thing we learn in this chapter is that at this latter part of his life, David has gone ahead and made Solomon King in his place.  David numbers the Levites, and sort or "re-tasks" them to attend and help the sons of Aaron.  This is because their original job of transporting, assembling and disassembling the tent of meeting will no longer be needed when the Temple is built. 

2023 - Note that 38,000 Levites were numbered, but David only put 24,000 in charge of the work of the temple.  So there is that number 24 again.  6000 were officers and judges, 4000 were gatekeepers, 4000 offered praise to the Lord with the instruments David had made.  Here is the passage:  3 The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was 38,000 men. 4 "Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, 6,000 shall be officers and judges, 5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments that I have made for praise." [1Ch 23:3-5 ESV].  We do not know exactly how many were "in charge" of the 24,000, but a pretty good round number comes to mind, same numbers as the number of elders around the throne of God of heaven.  Why wouldn't these things correspond?

2024 - 4000 offered praise with instruments.  If instruments were ok here, I just cannot accept that instruments are NOT ok today.  God never changes.