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And from the age of fiftyוּמִבֶּן חֲמִשִּׁיםyearsשָׁנָהhe shall withdrawיָשׁוּבfrom the ranksמִצְּבָאof the serviceהָעֲבֹדָהand serveוְ יַעֲבֹדnoלֹאmore.עוֹד
Numbers 8:25
Study it in the app“And from the age of fifty years he shall withdraw from the ranks of the service and serve no more.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 8:25, word by word
- And from the age of fiftyבֶּןben
years old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appears- And from the age of fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- he shall withdrawיָשׁוּבyashuv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashuv” appears- from the ranksצְּבָאtseva
army
An army.
Where else “tseva” appears- of the serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avoda” appears- and serveיַעֲבֹדyaavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavod” appears
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26He may minister to his brothers in the tent of meeting in keeping the charge, but he shall do no service. Thus you shall do for the Levites regarding their charges.”