A long time ¹  passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, ²  and Joshua was very old. ³ 

The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. ¹ 

saying, ¹  “Let the name of God ²  be praised ³  forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.

But you should go your way ¹  until the end. ²  You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive ³  what you have been allotted.” ⁴ 

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. ¹  She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. ² 

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, ¹  so the Son of Man will be a sign ²  to this generation. ³ 

No widow should be put on the list ¹  unless ²  she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband, ³ 

This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, ¹  and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

The entire lifetime ¹  of Adam was 930 years, and then he died. ² 

The entire lifetime of Seth was 912 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Enosh was 905 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Methuselah was 969 years, and then he died.

The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, ¹ 

with the best ¹  of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;