Numbers 8:25
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New International Version (©1984)
but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But when they're 50 years old, they must retire from active service and not work anymore.

King James Bible
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

American King James Version
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

American Standard Version
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,

Bible in Basic English
But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:

Darby Bible Translation
And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;

English Revised Version
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more;

Webster's Bible Translation
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service of it, and shall serve no more:

World English Bible
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,

Young's Literal Translation
and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,

Geneva Study Bible

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the {k} service thereof, and shall serve no more:

(k) Such office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like.

King James Translators' Notes

cease...: Heb. return from the warfare of the service

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

25. from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, &c.-that is, on the laborious and exhausting parts of their work.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:5-26 Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguished from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him, according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, ministers must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and then our services. The Levites must be cleansed. They must be clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Moses must sprinkle the water of purifying upon them. This signifies the application of the blood of Christ to our souls by faith, that we may be fit to serve the living God. God declares his acceptance of them. All who expect to share in the privileges of the tabernacle, must resolve to do the service of the tabernacle. As, on the one hand, none of God's creatures are his necessary servants, he needs not the service of any of them; so none are merely honorary servants, to do nothing. All whom God owns, he employs; angels themselves have their services.


Numbers 8:24 "This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.
Numbers 8:26 "They may, however, assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their obligations." (NASB ©1995)

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And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

cease waiting upon the service thereof. Heb. return from the warfare of the service Nu 4:23 2Ti 4:7

the Levites, above fifty years of age, might superintend and assist their junior brethren in the ordinary offices, and give them and the people counsel and instruction; but they were exempted from carrying the tabernacle and from other laborious services. It is remarkable, that no law was made concerning the age at which the priests should begin to officiate, and though various blemishes disqualified them for the service of the sanctuary, yet they continued their ministrations till death, if capable. On the other hand, nothing is said concerning any bodily defects or blemishes disqualifying the Levites; but the time of their service is expressly settled. Their work was far more laborious than that of the Priests; it is therefore likely that the priests would not begin very early to officiate; and the wisdom and experience of age would increase, rather than diminish, their fitness for the sacred duties of their office.

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