³⁵ All the men from thirty to fifty years of age^(A) who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,

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.

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.

⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited^(A) and fall under the same judgment^(B) as the devil.

²³ Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.^(A) He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,^(B)

¹³ He gave him instructions for the divisions^(A) 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.

²⁶ the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”^{(A) 27} According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

³ The Levites thirty years old or more^(A) were counted,^(B) and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.^(C)

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

⁴⁷ All the men from thirty to fifty years of age^(A) who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting