Numbers 8:25
What does Numbers 8:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 8:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;
Context
v.24This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:
v.25This passage
v.26but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
- Numbers 4:23
from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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