Numbers 8:25

and whanne thei han fillid the fiftithe yeer of age, thei schulen ceesse to serue.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

In Context

24fro fyue and twentithe yeer + 8:24 fro xxv. yeer, for thanne thei entriden to lerne the offices, but in the xxx. yeer, they weren ordeyned mynystris, if they weren able. and aboue thei schulen entre, for to mynystre in the tabernacle of boond of pees;

26And thei schulen be the mynystris of her bretheren in the tabernacle of boond of pees, that thei kepe tho thingis that ben bitakun to hem; sothely thei schulen not do tho werkis; thus thou schalt dispose Leuytis in her kepyngis.

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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 →

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