Numbers 8:24
This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;
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In Context
25But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
Cross References
Numbers 4:3All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
1 Chronicles 23:3And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
1 Chronicles 28:12And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;
1 Corinthians 9:7Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
1 Timothy 1:18This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
2 Timothy 2:3Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 8:6-26
The Consecration of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And thou… Read the whole commentary →