23:4a “Of these,” said David,

Then David said, “From those 38,000 men, (Translation for Translators)
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The king decided that

23:4b 24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD,

I want 24,000 to supervise the work at the temple of Yahweh.
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twenty-four thousand (24,000) of them should be responsible for the maintenance of Yahweh’s Temple ⌊once it was built⌋ .

23:4c 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

6,000 of them will be officials and judges.
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Six thousand (6,000) of them should be officers and judges.

23:4a–c (combined)

David told them, “Of these, 24,000 men will be in charge of the work of Yahweh’s house. Another 6,000 men will be officers and judges.

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