Numbers 8:25

Numbers 8:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
• New International Version (NIV)but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work, and shall work no more.

Context of Numbers 8:25

23Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 24“This is what pertains to the Levites: At the age of twenty-five years and upward one may begin to join the company in the work of the tent of meeting, and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work. 26They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting, to attend to needs, but they must do no work. This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties.”

Numbers 8:25 word by word

וּמִבֶּן֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה יָשׁ֖וּב מִצְּבָ֣א הָעֲבֹדָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲבֹ֖ד עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And from the ageבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• of fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• they shall ceaseשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• waitingצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: dutyH6635
• upon the serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: ministryH5656
• and shall serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647

Cross-references for Numbers 8:25

• Numbers 4:23You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

Commentaries on Numbers 8:25

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-26Verses 5-26 Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguished from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him, according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, ministers must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and then our services. The Levites…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26These are guidelines for the length of the Levites' service. Whereas 4:3 says their service in the Tent of Meeting started at age 30, 8:24 says age 25. This difference might show changes in age requirements over time, depending on how many Levite men were available. Those aged 25–29 might have been unofficial workers or apprentices. Both passages set the retirement age at 50. Retired Levites could serve as guards of the Tent of Meeting (see Psalm 84:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, &c.--that is, on the laborious and exhausting parts of their work.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 8:25

• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Bend
• Sinai
• Wait
• Age; Old Age
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Numbers 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings