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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“This is the rule the Levites must follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty-five,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />This <i>is it</i> that <i>belongeth</i> 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“This <i>is</i> what <i>pertains</i> to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what <i>applies</i> to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“This is what <i>applies</i> to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“This is what <i>applies</i> to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform <i>their</i> duty in the service of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“This is what <i>applies</i> to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the Tent of Meeting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In regard to the Levites: From twenty-five years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In regard to the Levites: From 25 years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"These are the instructions for the Levites: Men 25 years old or older are eligible to serve at the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"From the age of twenty-five each Levite shall perform his duties in the Tent of my presence, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Now regarding a descendant of Levi who is 25 years and above, he is to enter work in the service at the appointed place of meeting, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"This is what pertains to the Levites: At the age of twenty-five years and upward one may begin to join the company in the work of the tent of meeting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is it that belongeth to 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“This [is] who [is] for the Levites: from a son of twenty-five years and upward he goes in to serve the host in the service of the Tent of Meeting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This is that which is the Levites': from a son of five and twenty years and upward he doth go in to serve the host in the service of the tent of meeting,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This is that to the Levites: from the son of five and twenty years and above, and he came in to war the warfare in serving the tent of appointment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years and above, they shall enter to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the rule for the Levites. Everyone twenty-five years old or more shall join the personnel in the service of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall begin to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This shall be the law for the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“This shall be the law of the Levites from a son of twenty and five years and above: he will come to be strengthened in power in the service of the Time Tabernacle.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />This is that which pertaineth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the service in the work of the tent of meeting;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />This is the <i>ordinance</i> for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/8-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=2981" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/8.htm">Retirement for Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23</span>And the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">“This</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">applies</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: lal·wî·yim (Prep-l:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">to the Levites:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥā·mêš (Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">Men twenty-five</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: wə·‘eś·rîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: mib·ben (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years of age</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: wā·ma‘·lāh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">or older</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">shall enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6633.htm" title="6633: liṣ·ḇō (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To wage war, serve. A primitive root; to mass.">to perform</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣā·ḇā (N-cs) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">the service</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: ba·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">in the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">at the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">1 Chronicles 23:3</a></span><br />The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24-27</a></span><br />These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD. / For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever. / So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a></span><br />men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-23.htm">Numbers 4:23</a></span><br />from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-30.htm">Numbers 4:30</a></span><br />from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-35.htm">Numbers 4:35</a></span><br />everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-39.htm">Numbers 4:39</a></span><br />everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-43.htm">Numbers 4:43</a></span><br />everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/4-47.htm">Numbers 4:47</a></span><br />from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-32.htm">1 Chronicles 23:32</a></span><br />So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-13.htm">1 Chronicles 28:13</a></span><br />for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-21.htm">1 Chronicles 28:21</a></span><br />The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-17.htm">2 Chronicles 31:17</a></span><br />and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their responsibilities and divisions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-8.htm">Ezra 3:8</a></span><br />In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-23.htm">Luke 3:23</a></span><br />Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This is it that belongs to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:</p><p class="hdg">from twenty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm">1 Chronicles 23:24</a></b></br> These <i>were</i> the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; <i>even</i> the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/4-3.htm">1 Chronicles 4:3</a></b></br> And these <i>were of</i> the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazelelponi:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/4-25.htm">1 Chronicles 4:25</a></b></br> Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3,23</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm">1 Chronicles 23:3,24-27</a></b></br> Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/28-12.htm">1 Chronicles 28:12,13</a></b></br> And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: … </p><p class="hdg">wait upon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm">1 Corinthians 9:7</a></b></br> Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">2 Corinthians 10:4</a></b></br> (For the weapons of our warfare <i>are</i> not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/1-18.htm">1 Timothy 1:18</a></b></br> This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/7-7.htm">Applies</a> <a href="/numbers/1-50.htm">Belongeth</a> <a href="/luke/22-37.htm">Concerneth</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/numbers/7-83.htm">Five</a> <a href="/numbers/4-43.htm">Host</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/numbers/5-15.htm">Part</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/numbers/4-32.htm">Pertaineth</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-30.htm">Pertains</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/numbers/8-15.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Service</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/7-88.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/john/6-19.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/numbers/4-47.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/numbers/4-23.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/15-29.htm">Applies</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Belongeth</a> <a href="/job/35-8.htm">Concerneth</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/numbers/11-19.htm">Five</a> <a href="/numbers/8-25.htm">Host</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/numbers/10-32.htm">Part</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/numbers/18-7.htm">Pertaineth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-5.htm">Pertains</a> <a href="/numbers/9-14.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/numbers/8-25.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/numbers/8-25.htm">Service</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/numbers/8-26.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/numbers/11-19.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/judges/20-35.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/numbers/9-8.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/numbers/8-25.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/8-1.htm">How the lamps are to be lighted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/8-5.htm">The consecration of the Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/8-23.htm">The age and time of their service</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This applies to the Levites:</b><br>The Levites were a distinct tribe set apart for religious duties and service to God. They were not given a territorial inheritance like the other tribes of Israel but were instead dedicated to the service of the Tabernacle and later the Temple. This special role is rooted in their selection by God as a substitute for the firstborn of Israel (<a href="/numbers/3-12.htm">Numbers 3:12-13</a>). Their duties included assisting the priests, maintaining the sanctuary, and teaching the law to the people.<p><b>Men twenty-five years of age or older:</b><br>The age requirement for Levites to begin their service is significant. It indicates a period of preparation and maturity necessary for the responsibilities they would undertake. This age requirement is slightly different from <a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a>, which mentions thirty years, suggesting a possible period of apprenticeship or training from twenty-five to thirty. This reflects the importance of readiness and maturity in spiritual service, a principle echoed in the New Testament regarding church leadership (<a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">1 Timothy 3:6</a>).<p><b>shall enter to perform the service:</b><br>The Levites were to enter into a life of service, which was both a privilege and a responsibility. Their service was not just a job but a calling, requiring dedication and commitment. This concept of service is a precursor to the New Testament understanding of ministry, where all believers are called to serve God and others (<a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">1 Peter 4:10</a>).<p><b>in the work at the Tent of Meeting:</b><br>The Tent of Meeting, also known as the Tabernacle, was the central place of worship and the dwelling place of God's presence among the Israelites. The Levites' work here was crucial for the spiritual life of the nation, as they facilitated the worship and sacrifices that maintained the covenant relationship between God and His people. This foreshadows the role of Christ, who is the ultimate mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a>), and the Church, which is now the dwelling place of God's Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>A tribe of Israel set apart for religious duties and service in the Tabernacle, later the Temple. They were responsible for the care and transport of the Tabernacle and its furnishings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/tent_of_meeting.htm">Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>Also known as the Tabernacle, it was the portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/service.htm">Service</a></b><br>Refers to the duties and responsibilities assigned to the Levites in the Tent of Meeting, including assisting the priests, maintaining the sacred space, and performing rituals.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_preparation.htm">The Importance of Preparation</a></b><br>The age requirement for Levites highlights the need for maturity and preparation before undertaking spiritual responsibilities. This principle can be applied to modern ministry, emphasizing the importance of training and readiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/service_as_worship.htm">Service as Worship</a></b><br>The Levites' work in the Tent of Meeting was not just a job but an act of worship. Our daily tasks, when done for God's glory, can also be acts of worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_order_and_structure.htm">God's Order and Structure</a></b><br>The specific instructions for the Levites demonstrate God's desire for order and structure in worship. This can encourage us to seek God's guidance in organizing our personal and communal worship practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_roles_in_ministry.htm">Generational Roles in Ministry</a></b><br>The transition of service roles among the Levites suggests the importance of generational involvement in ministry. Encouraging younger generations to step into roles of service ensures the continuity of faith and practice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_minimum_age_for_a_priest.htm">What was the minimum age for a priest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_levites_start_at_25_or_30.htm">Why does Numbers 8:24–25 state Levites begin serving at age 25, while Numbers 4:3 says they start at age 30? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_plausible_only_men_30-50_served.htm">Numbers 4:3 – How historically plausible is the requirement that only men aged 30 to 50 perform such physically demanding tasks for the Tabernacle?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_num_8_10_align_with_other_rites.htm">How does the ritual laying on of hands in Numbers 8:10 align or conflict with other priestly consecration rites in the Torah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">From twenty and five years old and upward.</span>--This regulation may be understood as referring to the age at which the Levites were to enter upon their duties after the people had taken possession of the land of Canaan, and it appears to have remained in force until the time of David, who substituted the age of twenty for that of twenty-five, because the necessity of carrying the Tabernacle and its furniture from place to place, which arose but seldom after the entrance into Canaan, finally ceased after the removal of the ark to Mount Zion. The time of service during the wanderings in the wilderness was from thirty to fifty (<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm" title="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.">Numbers 4:3</a>; <a href="/numbers/4-23.htm" title="From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.">Numbers 4:23</a>; <a href="/numbers/4-30.htm" title="From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, every one that enters into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.">Numbers 4:30</a>), during which time the constant removal of the Tabernacle required the services of men in the full vigour of life. The chronological order of events is not always observed in this book, and the directions contained in <a href="/context/numbers/8-23.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,">Numbers 8:23-26</a> may have been given at a later period, but inserted here in connection with the account of the appointment of the Levites to their office. On the other hand, it is quite possible that from the first the Levites entered upon the lighter parts of their office at the age of twenty-five years, but were not employed before they were thirty years of age in the more onerous duties of removing the Tabernacle, or in bearing on their shoulders the sacred vessels, as in the case of the Kohathites.<p><span class= "bld">To wait upon the service.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">to war the warfare, or to serve the </span>(<span class= "ital">military</span>)<span class= "ital"> service. </span>Similarly, in the following verse, <span class= "ital">he shall return from the warfare of the service.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">From twenty and five years old and upward.</span> A short time before the minimum age had been fixed at thirty (<a href="/numbers/4-3.htm">Numbers 4:3</a>). That direction, however, concerned the transport of the tabernacle and its belongings; this was a permanent regulation designed for the ordinary labours of the sanctuary at a time when the Levites would be scattered throughout their cities, and could only serve by courses. For the latter purpose many more would be required; and indeed they were found insufficient as it was in the latter days of David, when the wealth and devotion of the kingdom were fast increasing (see on 1 Chronicles 23:24-27). <span class="cmt_word">To wait upon the service.</span> Literally, "to war the warfare;" the idea of the <span class="accented">militia sacra</span> is kept up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/8-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">applies</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the Levites:</span><br /><span class="heb">לַלְוִיִּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lal·wî·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> </span><span class="str2">Levites -- descendant of Levi</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Men twenty-five</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמֵ֨שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years of age</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבֶּן֩</span> <span class="translit">(mib·ben)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or older</span><br /><span class="heb">וָמַ֔עְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(wā·ma‘·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall enter</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבוֹא֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to perform</span><br /><span class="heb">לִצְבֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(liṣ·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6633.htm">Strong's 6633: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wage war, serve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the service</span><br /><span class="heb">צָבָ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·ḇā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the work</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the Tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֥הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Meeting.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֵֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/8-24.htm">Numbers 8:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/8-24.htm">OT Law: Numbers 8:24 This is that which belongs to (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/8-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 8:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 8:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/8-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 8:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 8:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>