Numbers 4:30

30 You will enroll those from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do work in the meeting tent.

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 clans in the dwelling. Their responsibility will be under Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
29 You will enroll the Merarites by their clans and their households.
30 You will enroll those from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do work in the meeting tent.
31 This is what they are responsible to carry as their work in the meeting tent: the frames of the meeting tent, its bars, pillars, and bases;
32 the pillars of the courtyard all around, with their bases, pegs, cords, and all the equipment used with them. You will list by name the objects they are required to carry.
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