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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 8:24 — 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:
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from twenty
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In Num 4:3, the Levites are appointed to the service of the tabernacle at the age of 30 years; and in 1Ch 23:24, they are ordered to commence their work at 20 years of age. In order to reconcile this apparent discrepancy, it is to be observed, 1. At the time of which Moses speaks in 1Ch 4:3, the Levitical service was exceedingly severe, and consequently required full grown, robust men, to perform it; the age of 30 was therefore appointed as the period for commencing this service, the weightier part of which was probably there intended. 2. In this place God seems to speak of the service in a general way: hence the age of 25 is fixed. 3. In David's time, and afterwards, in the fixed tabernacle and temple, the laboriousness of the service no longer existed, and hence 20 years was the age appointed. Num 4:3,23; 1Ch 23:3,24-27; 1Ch 28:12,13 |
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wait upon
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Heb. war the warfare of, etc. 1Cr 9:7; 2Cr 10:4; 1Ti 1:18; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 2:3-5 |
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Num 4:3 |
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
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1Ch 23:24 |
These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. |
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1Ch 4:3 |
And these [were of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi: |
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Num 4:3 |
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
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Num 4:23 |
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
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1Ch 23:3 |
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. |
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1Ch 23:24 |
These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. |
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1Ch 23:25 |
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: |
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1Ch 23:26 |
And also unto the Levites; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. |
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1Ch 23:27 |
For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above: |
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1Ch 28:12 |
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: |
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1Ch 28:13 |
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. |
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1Cr 9:7 |
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? |
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2Cr 10:4 |
(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) |
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1Ti 1:18 |
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; |
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1Ti 6:12 |
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. |
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2Ti 2:3 |
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. |
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2Ti 2:4 |
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. |
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2Ti 2:5 |
And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 8:24," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/8/24.html>.
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