Numbers 8:25-26

The Voice

²⁵but when they reach 50, they shall retire and leave the work to the younger ones. ²⁶They can still help out in the fraternity of Levites occasionally, but they shouldn’t do any of the priestly work. This is the way you should handle the matter of the Levites and their role.

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Numbers 8:25-26

New International Version

²⁵but at the age of fifty,^(A) they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. ²⁶They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work.^(B) This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”

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Numbers 8:25-26

New King James Version

²⁵and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work, and shall work no more. ²⁶They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, ^(A)to attend to needs, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties.”

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