24 “This applies to the Levites: (A)from twenty-five years old and upward they[a] shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:24 Hebrew he; also verses 25, 26

24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more(A) shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,(B)

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The Levites, (A)thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and (B)the total was (C)38,000 men.

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The Levites thirty years old or more(A) were counted,(B) and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.(C)

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(A)from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can come on duty, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

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Count(A) all the men from thirty to fifty years of age(B) who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.

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(A)Share in suffering as (B)a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier (C)gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. (D)An athlete is not (E)crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

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Join with me in suffering,(A) like a good soldier(B) of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown(C) except by competing according to the rules.

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For the (A)weapons of (B)our warfare are not of the flesh but have (C)divine power (D)to destroy strongholds.

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The weapons we fight with(A) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(B) to demolish strongholds.(C)

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(A)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? (B)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

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Who serves as a soldier(A) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(B) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?

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12 and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, (A)the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts; 13 for the (B)divisions of the priests and of the (C)Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord,

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12 He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit(A) had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.(B) 13 He gave him instructions for the divisions(C) of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the Lord, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service.

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24 (A)These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, the heads of fathers' houses (B)as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from (C)twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 25 For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, (D)has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever. 26 And so the Levites no longer need (E)to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.” 27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from (F)twenty years old and upward.

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24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more(A) who served in the temple of the Lord. 25 For David had said, “Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest(B) to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, 26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”(C) 27 According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

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23 (A)From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can (B)come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.

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23 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age(A) who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.

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12 (A)Fight the good fight of the faith. (B)Take hold of the eternal life (C)to which you were called and about which you made (D)the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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12 Fight the good fight(A) of the faith. Take hold of(B) the eternal life(C) to which you were called when you made your good confession(D) in the presence of many witnesses.

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18 This charge (A)I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with (B)the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may (C)wage the good warfare,

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The Charge to Timothy Renewed

18 Timothy, my son,(A) I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you,(B) so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,(C)

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