Numbers 8:24
This is what concerneth the Levites,—from twenty-five years old and upwards, shall they enter to take rank in the host, for doing the laborious work of the tent of meeting;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
23And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying;
Cross References
Numbers 4:3from 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.
1 Chronicles 23:3Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards,—and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty-eight thousand.
1 Chronicles 28:12and the plan of all which had come by the spirit to be with him, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the rooms round about,—for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of hallowed things;
1 Corinthians 9:7Who serveth as a soldier, at his own charges, at any time? Who planteth a vineyard,—and, the fruit thereof, doth not eat? [Or] who shepherdeth a flock,—and, of the milk of the flock, doth not eat?
1 Timothy 1:18This charge, I commit unto thee, child Timothy, According to the prophecies, running before on thee, in order that thou mightest war, with them, the noble warfare.
2 Timothy 2:3Take thy part in suffering hardship, as a brave soldier of Christ Jesus:—
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 →