Of which, twenty and four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Overseers. Hebrew shot rim. Septuagint, "scribes. "Others suppose "lictors and executioners "who attended the judges. (Grotius)
These were functions from which the priests were exempted; (Calmet) so that the Levites alone are meant. (Menochius)
Judges. They had to decide the causes of the people, 2 Paralipomenon xxix. (Du Hamel)
