Numbers 4:30

30 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, every one that can enter the service, to do the work of 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 service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their work is to be under the oversight of Ith'amar the son of Aaron the priest.

29 "As for the sons of Merar'i, you shall number them by their families and their fathers' houses;

30 from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, every one that can enter the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.

31 And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

32 and the pillars of the court round about with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories; and you shall assign by name the objects which they are required to carry.