25 And after the age of fifty years, they shall cease from executing the [a]office, and shall serve no more.

26 But they shall minister [b]with their brethren in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to keep things committed to their charge, but they shall do no service: thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:25 Such office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like.
  2. Numbers 8:26 In singing Psalms, instructing, counseling and keeping the things in order.

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