1 Chronicles 23:25

For David said. — This verse seems to assign a reason for the extension of the Levitical census.

The Lord... hath given rest unto his people. — So that they no longer wander from pasture to pasture in the wilderness, nor are any more oppressed by foreign tyrants as in the days of the judges.

That they may dwell. — Rather, And He (the Lord) hath settled in Jerusalem for ever. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 17:5, “I have gone from tent to tent.”) Now Jehovah has chosen Zion to be His eternal dwelling-place (Psalms 132:13.)