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Retirement for Levites

Numbers 8:25

In 11 translations

BSB
But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
KJV
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:cease…: Heb. return from the warfare of the service
WEB
and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
ASV
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,
LSV
and from a son of fifty years he returns from the host of the service, and does not serve anymore,
YLT
and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,
DBY
And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;
DRC
And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:
GNV
And after the age of fiftie yeere, they shall cease from executing the office, and shall serue no more:
JPS
and from the age of fifty years they shall return from the service of the work, and shall serve no more;
LXXE
And from fifty years old the Levite shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּמִבֶּן֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה יָשׁ֖וּב מִצְּבָ֣א הָעֲבֹדָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲבֹ֖ד עֽוֹד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπὸ πεντηκονταετοῦς ἀποστήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς λειτουργίας, καὶ οὐκ ἐργᾶται ἔτι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 4:23from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
  • 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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