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Numbers 8:24

Numbers 8:24
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof,.... The heavy service of it:

and shall serve no more; by bearing and carrying the vessels of the sanctuary upon…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Twenty and five years old and upward - The permanent limit as distinguished from the temporary Num 4:3, Num 4:23, Num 4:30, though David found it necessary to extend the period of the Levites’ service…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 8:5-26

We read before of the separating of the Levites from among the children of Israel when they were numbered, and the numbering of them by themselves (Num 3:6, Num 3:15), that they might be employed in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

that which belongeth unto the Levites An elliptical expression: that which[thou shall do With regard to the Levites.

from twenty and five years old In Num 4:3 the age is from thirty years. See note…