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Numbers 8:24 Cross-References
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“This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: to: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc”
Numbers 8:24 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 8:24
From twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service—The minimum age (עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה esrim vechamesh shanah) for Levitical service balances physical maturity with spiritual readiness. The phrase wait upon (לִצְבֹא צָבָא litsvo tzava, literally 'to wage warfare') uses military terminology, revealing that tabernacle service constituted spiritual warfare requiring mature soldiers (cf. Ephesians 6:10-18).This age requirement (25) differs from the 30-year threshold for priestly service (Numbers 4:3), suggesting graduated responsibility—Levites began apprent...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 8:24
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“all who enter into the service”
“man by man”
“to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.”
“but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds”
“even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually”
“and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock”
“as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”
“for the courts of the house of Yahweh”
“and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.”
“my child Timothy”