Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old, and upwards, even unto fifty years,—every one that can enter into the host, to do service in the tent of meeting.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Reckon up the sum of the sons of Kohath, out of the midst of the sons of Levi,—by their families by their ancestral house:

4This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting,—the most holy things,

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Cross References

Numbers 1:3from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel,—ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

Numbers 3:7so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,—to do the laborious work of the habitation;

Numbers 4:30from thirty years old and upwards even to fifty years, shall ye number them,—all that enter into the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting,

Numbers 4:47from thirty years old and upwards, even unto fifty years old, all that might enter, to toil in the work of labouring and in the work of bearing burdens, in the tent of meeting,

Numbers 16:9Is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself,—to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon them?

1 Chronicles 6:48Howbeit, their brethren, the Levites, were given, for all the work of the habitation, 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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