Retirement of the Levites

²³ Now Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ “This is what applies to the Levites: from ^(A)twenty-five years old and upward ^[a]they shall enter to perform their duty in the service of the tent of meeting. ²⁵ But at the age of fifty years they shall ^[b]retire from their duty in the service and not serve anymore. ²⁶ They may, however, minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting ^(B)in order to keep up their responsibility, but they themselves shall perform no service. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their responsibilities.”