“Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.”
King James Version (KJV)
23:3 Upwards - Not only 'till fifty, as it was appointed,#Numb 4:2|,3, but even 'till their death: for that was but a temporarylaw grounded upon a special reason, because the Levites were employedin carrying the tabernacle and sacred vessels from place to place; andtherefore God would have them freed from those burdens when they came tofeel the infirmities of age: which reason wholly ceasing upon the buildingof the temple, their work being far easier than it had been, and theirservice being more a privilege than a burden, their time of service isjustly prolonged.
23:4 Officers - To take care that all the work of the temple aboutsacrifices should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others:which they were not to do all at once, but by courses, a thousand at a time.Judges - Not in the affairs of the temple; there the priests presided;but in several parts of the kingdom, where they assisted the princes andelders of every tribe, in the administration of justice.