Numbers 4:30

30 Register all the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who are qualified to serve at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:30 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:30

From thirty years old and upward
The Septuagint version here, and in ( Numbers 4:3 Numbers 4:23 ) , renders it, from twenty five years old and upward, agreeable to ( Numbers 8:24 ) , at the which age the Levites went into the tabernacle, to wait and to learn their business, but they did not enter upon it till thirty;

even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them;
at which age they were discharged from business:

everyone that entereth into the service, to do the work of the
tabernacle of the congregation; (See Gill on Numbers 4:3).

Numbers 4:30 In-Context

28 This is the work of the Gershonite families in the tent of meeting. Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron, will be in charge of them.

29 "Register the Merarites by families and households.

30 Register all the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who are qualified to serve at the tent of meeting.

31 These are their duties as they work at the tent of meeting: They will carry the framework for the inner tent, the crossbars, posts, and sockets,

32 the posts for the surrounding courtyard, the bases, pegs, and ropes. They must take care of all this equipment. Tell each man by name the things he will carry.