Numbers 8:24
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
This is it that belongs to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
American King James Version (AKJV)
This is it that belongs to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
American Standard Version (ASV)
This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;
Webster's Revision
This is it that belongeth to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
World English Bible
"This is that which belongs 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;
English Revised Version (ERV)
This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:
Definitions for Numbers 8:24
Clarke's Numbers 8:24 Bible Commentary
From twenty and five years old - See the note on Numbers 4:3, where the two terms of twenty-five and thirty years are reconciled.
Barnes's Numbers 8:24 Bible Commentary
Twenty and five years old and upward - The permanent limit as distinguished from the temporary Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:30, though David found it necessary to extend the period of the Levites' service by causing it to commence at 20 years of age 1 Chronicles 23:24-28. This rule continued in force from the time of David downward (compare on 2 Chronicles 31:17; Ezra 3:8).
