Numbers 8:24

“This is what pertains to the Levites: ¹  At the age of twenty-five years ²  and upward one may begin to join the company ³  in the work of the tent of meeting,

"This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting,

"This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.

"This is the rule the Levites must follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty–five,

"These are your instructions regarding the Levites: At the age of twenty-five they will join the work force in the Tent of Meeting;

This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall begin to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting;

"This is what pertains to the Levites: From twenty–five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting;

“This is what pertains to the Levites: ¹  At the age of twenty-five years ²  and upward one may begin to join the company ³  in the work of the tent of meeting,

¹ tn The Hebrew text has “this [is that] which [pertains] to the Levites.” “This is what concerns the Levites, meaning, the following rulings are for them.

² tc The age of twenty-five indicated in v. 24 should be compared with the age of thirty indicated in Num 4:3,23,30. In order to harmonize the numbers given in chapter 4 with the number given in Num 8:24 the LXX (and perhaps its Hebrew Vorlage) has thirty in all of these references. See further G. J. Wenham, Numbers (TOTC 4), 97-98.

³ tn The infinitive is לִצְבֹא (litsvo’), related to the word for “host, army, company,” and so “to serve as a company.” The meaning is strengthened by the cognate accusative following it.