Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

In Context

2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,

4This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:3from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.

Numbers 3:7and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 4:30from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:47from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to serve [in] the work of the service, and [in] the work of carrying, in the tent of meeting,

Numbers 16:9Is it too little for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to minister to them?

1 Chronicles 6:48And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →

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