Numbers 8:24
“The descendants of Levi who are between 25 and 50 years old will work at the Sacred Tent.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
23Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
25But after they become 50 years old, they must ◄retire/not do that work any more►.
Cross References
Numbers 4:3Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. These will be men who will work at the Sacred Tent.
1 Chronicles 23:3He commanded some of his officials to count the descendants of Levi who were at least thirty years old, and they found out that there were 38,000 of them.
1 Chronicles 28:12David wrote for him the plans that God’s Spirit had put into his mind for building the courtyards and all the rooms that surrounded the temple, including the room where the money and other valuable things that were dedicated to God would be kept.
1 Corinthians 9:7Soldiers certainly do not pay their own wages. [RHQ] Those who plant a vineyard would certainly eat some of the grapes when they become ripe. [RHQ] Those who care for sheep would certainly drink the milk from those sheep. [RHQ] Similarly, those who tell others about Christ certainly have a right to receive ◄ financial help/food► from the people to whom they preach.
1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, you are like [MET] a son to me. So, ◄based on/in accordance with► what someone previously ◄prophesied/told what God revealed to them► about you, I am instructing you to strongly oppose those who teach false doctrines. You should oppose them like [MET] a soldier ◄fights strongly against/opposes► those who attack his countrymen.
2 Timothy 2:3Endure as I do what we suffer for Christ Jesus, like a good soldier endures what he suffers.
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 →