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23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; 25 and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more, 26 but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do 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”