Holy Scripture

Numbers 8:25

A church father on this verse
“What is indicated by the twenty-fifth year, in which the flower of young manhood blooms, except those battles against every vice? And what is meant by fifty, which contains the repose of the jubilee, except the internal peace that comes when the war of the mind is won? What do the vessels of the tabernacle mean, excep…”
Paterius, 7th c. — EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, NUMBERS 4

Source: Septuagint

Original

25And from fifty years old the Levite shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.

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In context

23And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

24This is the ordinance for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.

— Numbers 8:25 —

26And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.

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