Numbers 8:24
This is it that belongeth unto the Levi'im: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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In Context
23And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 4:3From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward even until chamishim shanah (fifty years old), all that enter into the tz'va (holy militia of Hashem ) to do the melachah (work) in the Ohel Mo'ed.
1 Chronicles 23:3Now the Levi'im were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their gulgelot (totals, head count), gevarim (men), was thirty and eight elef.
1 Chronicles 28:12And the tavnit of all that he had by the Ruach, + 28:12 Hakodesh of the khatzerot (courtyards) of the Bais Hashem, and of all the surrounding chambers, of the Otzerot of the Bais HaElohim, and of the Otzerot of the kadashim (consecrated things);
1 Corinthians 9:7Whoever heard of someone serving as a chaiyal (soldier) but having to pay his own wages for doing so? Who plants a kerem (vineyard) but does not eat the p'ri hakerem? And who serves as a ro'eh (shepherd) over a flock and of the cholov (milk) of the flock does not partake? + 9:7 Dt 20:6; Prov 27:18
1 Timothy 1:18This gzeira + 1:18 1:3 I commit to you, beni Timotiyos, according to hanevu'ot + 1:18 4:14 (the prophecies) made previously about you, that by them you might war the good warfare,
2 Timothy 2:3Take your place in suffering as a chaiyal tov (good soldier) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.
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 →