Numbers 4:23

23 and to register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work in the Tent of the Lord's presence.

Numbers 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:23

From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old,
shalt thou number them
Take an account how many there are of that age, and so fit for service ^F1; (See Gill on Numbers 4:3);

to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation;
as the rest of the Levites; see ( Numbers 4:3 ) ;

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (abu abul) "ad militandum militiam", Montanus, Drusius.

Numbers 4:23 In-Context

21 The Lord told Moses

22 to take a census of the Levite clan of Gershon by subclans and families,

23 and to register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work in the Tent of the Lord's presence.

24 They shall be responsible for carrying the following objects:

25 the Tent, its inner cover, its outer cover, the fine leather cover on top of it, the curtain for the entrance,