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23 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and up they shall begin to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting;(A) 25 and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from the duty of the service and serve no more. 26 They may assist their brothers in the tent of meeting in carrying out their duties, but they shall perform no service. Thus you shall do with the Levites in assigning their duties.”

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23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This is what is for the Levites: those twenty-five years old[a] and above will[b] come to help with the service in the work of the tent of assembly; 25 and those fifty years old[c] will[d] return from the service of the work and will serve no longer. 26 They[e] can attend[f] their brothers in the tent of assembly to keep their responsibilities, but they[g] will not do work. This is what you will do concerning the Levities and their responsibilities.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:24 Literally “from a son of twenty-five years”
  2. Numbers 8:24 Hebrew “and he will”
  3. Numbers 8:25 Literally “from a son of fifty years”
  4. Numbers 8:25 Hebrew “he will”
  5. Numbers 8:26 Hebrew “he”
  6. Numbers 8:26 Or “assist”
  7. Numbers 8:26 Hebrew “he”