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.

25 but at the age of fifty,(A) they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. 26 They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work.(B) This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”

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