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Numbers 8:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; "
Numbers 8:24
Verse in Context
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22 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
25 and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
26 but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”
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Numbers 8:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 8:2
"“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”"
Numbers 8:3
"Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as the LORD commanded Moses."
Numbers 8:4
"This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses."
Numbers 8:5
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 8:6
"“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them."
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