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Lexicon :: Strong's H4605 - maʿal

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מַעַל
Transliteration
maʿal
Pronunciation
mah'al
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x

The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x
The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).
substantive

  1. higher part, upper part

    adverb

    1. above

      preposition

    2. on the top of, above, on higher ground than

      with locative

    3. upwards, higher, above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
STRONGS H4605: Abbreviations
מַ֫עַל 140 substantive, higher part, only in adverb and preposition phrases, above, upwards (Phoenician מעל, see below מַ֫טּה: abbreviated from מַעֲלֶה; compare מַ֫עַן in לְמַ֫עַן from ׃עָנָה Köii. 116): —
†1. מִמַּ֫עַל = above (see מִן 1c)
a. as adverb Amos 2:9 וָאַשְׁמִיד מִמֵּעַל פִּרְיוֹ his fruit above (opposed to שָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּ֑חַת), Job 18:16; 1 Kings 7:3, 20, 29; often in the phrase הַשָּׁמַמַיִם מִמַּעַל Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8 (= Exodus 20:4), Joshua 2:11; 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 4:28; compare שְׁחָקִים מ׳ Psalm 78:23; Proverbs 8:28, אֱלוֺהַּ מ׳ Job 3:4; Job 31:2, אֵל מ׳ Job 31:28.
b. מִמַּעַל לְ, as preposition (מן 1c), on the top of, above, Genesis 22:9 ממעל לָעֵצִים above the wood, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 11:21 כְּרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו, Isaiah 6:2 שְׁרָפִים עֹמדים מִמַּעַל לוֺ, Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 43:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 12:6, 7; = on higher ground than, Jeremiah 35:4; figurative Jeremiah 52:32 (|| 2 Kings 25:28 מֵעַל).
2. With ָ  ה locative מַ֫עְלָה, מָ֑עְלָה upwards (opposed to מַ֫טָּה) :
†a. figurative Deuteronomy 28:43 יַעֲלֶה עֶלֶיךָ מַ֫עְלָה מָ֫עְלָה upwards, upwards, i.e. higher and higher (opposed to מַ֫טָּה מָֽטָה).
†b. וָמַ֫עְלָה
(a) of direction in space, Judges 1:36 מֵהַסֶּלַע וָמַ֫עְלָה from the rock and upwards (compare Bu), 1 Kings 7:31 (corrupt: see Sta VB Benz), 1 Samuel 9:2 = 1 Samuel 10:23 מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה from his shoulder and upwards: so וּלְמ׳, † Ezekiel 1:27 מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָ֑עְלָה Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 43:5.
(b) of direction in time, or age: —
(α) מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Numbers 1:3 + 19 times P, מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ וָמ׳ Numbers 3:15, 22 + 6 times P, simil. Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24 + 7 times P; elsewhere only 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24; Ezra 3:8, and with וּלְמַעְלָה † 1 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles 31:16, 17; לְמִבֶּן ֗֗֗ וָמ׳ † 2 Chronicles 25:5; and 2 Kings 3:21 מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמ׳.
† (β) מהיום ההוא וָמ׳ from that day and onwards, 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25.
† (γ) מן היום הזִה וָמ׳ from this day and upwards (i.e. and back), Haggai 2:15, 18 **and onwards (as β) is more probably: see Now WeKl. Proph. ed. 8 {1898} Marti Dr.
†c. לְמַ֫עְלָךְ upwards, more common than מ׳ alone (a):
(a) Exodus 25:20 (= Exodus 37:9) פֹּֽרְשֵׂי למ׳ כְנָפַיִם Judges 7:13 ויהפכחו למ׳ overthrew it upwards, i.e. turned it downside up, Isaiah 7:11 אוֺ הַגְבֵּהַּ למ׳ or make it (the request) high upwards, Isaiah 8:21 וּפָנָה למ׳, Isaiah 37:31 (2 Kings 19:30) ועשׂה פרי למ׳ (compare Amos 2:9, 1 a), Ezekiel 41:7 a β (Ezekiel 41:7a α bis למ׳ למ׳ = higher and higher), Psalm 74:5; figurative וְהָיִיתָ רַק למ׳ Deuteronomy 28:13 (compare a), Proverbs 15:24 אֹרַח חַיִּים למ׳ (opposed to שְׁאוֺל מָֽטָּה ׃), compare Ecclesiastes 3:21; followed by a noun, Ezra 9:6 רּאשׁ למ׳ over the head, followed by מֵעַל (compare Aboth Ezra 2:1 לְמַעְלָה מִן) = above, 2 Chronicles 34:4: see also b a, b a.
(b) metaphor = exceedingly, only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5 the house must be built to J. לְהַגְדִּיל למ׳ so as to shew greatness exceedingly, 1 Chronicles 23:17 רָבוּ למ׳ וּבְנֵי ר׳, 1 Chronicles 29:3 (followed by מִ ן; = over and above...), 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיְגַדְּלֵהוּ למ׳, 2 Chronicles 20:19; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה, 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8.
†d. מִלְמַ֫עְלָה (see מִן 9a), adverb, above (the more usual prose synonym of מִמַּעַל): Genesis 6:16 אֶלאַֿמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מ׳ Genesis 7:20 fifteen cubits מ׳ (i.e. above the mountain-tops), Exodus 25:21 (Exodus 40:20) מ׳ הארון על אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְנָתַתָּ֫ה upon the ark above, Exodus 26:14 (Exodus 36:19; 40:19; Numbers 4:25) a covering of skins on the tent מ׳ above, Num 39:31; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 7:11, 25; 1 Kings 8:7 (2 Chronicles 4:4; 5:8), Jeremiah 31:37 אִם יִמַּדּוּ שָׁמַיִם מ׳ (compare 1 a), Ezekiel 1:11 מ׳ פְּרֻדוֹת separate above, Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 37:8; from above, Joshua 3:13, 16 הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:16; 7:20; 22:9

Exodus

20:4; 25:20; 25:21; 26:14; 28:27; 30:14; 36:19; 37:9; 39:20; 40:19; 40:20

Leviticus

11:21

Numbers

1:3; 3:15; 3:22; 4:3; 4:6; 4:25; 8:24

Deuteronomy

4:39; 5:8; 28:13; 28:43

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16

Judges

1:36; 7:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 10:23; 16:13; 30:25

1 Kings

7:3; 7:11; 7:20; 7:25; 7:29; 7:31; 8:7; 8:23

2 Kings

3:21; 19:30; 25:28

1 Chronicles

14:2; 22:5; 23:3; 23:17; 23:17; 23:24; 29:3; 29:25

2 Chronicles

1:1; 4:4; 5:8; 16:12; 17:12; 20:19; 25:5; 26:8; 31:16; 31:17; 34:4

Ezra

2:1; 3:8; 9:6

Job

3:4; 18:16; 31:2; 31:28

Psalms

74:5; 78:23

Proverbs

8:28; 15:24

Ecclesiastes

3:21

Isaiah

6:2; 7:11; 8:21; 14:13; 37:31; 45:8

Jeremiah

4:28; 31:37; 35:4; 43:10; 52:32

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:22; 1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 8:2; 10:19; 11:22; 37:8; 41:7; 41:7; 43:5

Daniel

12:6; 12:7

Amos

2:9; 2:9

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

H4605

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Strong's Number H4605 matches the Hebrew מַעַל (maʿal),
which occurs 140 times in 134 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:16–Num 8:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail: and the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - And they came to the place which God had named to him; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order; and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 - Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; towards the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14 - And thou shalt make a covering for the tent, of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, towards the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:14 - Every one that passeth among them that are numbered from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to another; even towards the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, towards the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:31 - And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the miter; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staffs on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And if it shall be from sixty years old and above; if a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3 - From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24 - Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26 - Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28 - Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30 - Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34 - Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38 - Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42 - Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - In the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - And the LORD said to Moses, number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the first-born males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6 - And shall put on it the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staffs of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - This is it that belongeth to 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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