Numbers 8:24

““This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward one shall enter to serve in the ranks in the service of the tent of meeting.”

Numbers 8:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 8:24, word by word

applies to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

Where else “leviyim” appears
from twenty-fiveבֶּןben

years old

To give someone's age, how long they have lived.

Where else “ben” appears
from twenty-fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh

five

Five.

Where else “chamesh” appears
from twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

Where else “esrim” appears
years oldשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears
and upwardמַעְלָmala

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “mala” appears
one shall enterיָבוֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “yavo” appears
to serveצְבֹאtsevo

serve

To work at the tent of meeting.

Where else “tsevo” appears
in the ranksצָבָאtsava

army

An army.

Where else “tsava” appears
in the serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat

service

The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.

Where else “avodat” appears
of the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

Where else “ohel” appears
of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

Where else “moed” appears

The context

23And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

24 · This verse (above)

25And from the age of fifty years he shall withdraw from the ranks of the service and serve no more.

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