Numbers 4:23

23 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

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 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

22 Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds.

23 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

24 This is the office of the family of the Gersonites:

25 To carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and the violet covering over all, and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the covenant,