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24 This is the rule for the Levites. Everyone twenty-five years old or more shall join the personnel in the service of the tent of meeting.(A)

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24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more(A) shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,(B)

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24 These were the sons of Levi according to their ancestral houses, the family heads as they were enrolled one by one according to their names. They performed the work of the service of the house of the Lord beginning at twenty years of age.(A)

25 David said: “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and has taken up his dwelling in Jerusalem forever.(B) 26 Henceforth the Levites need not carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service.”(C) 27 For by David’s last words the Levites were enlisted from the time they were twenty years old.

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24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more(A) who served in the temple of the Lord. 25 For David had said, “Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest(B) to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever, 26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”(C) 27 According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

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