Numbers 4:3

Translations

Modern

…men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Traditional

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Literal

…from a son of thirty years and above, and to a son of fifty years, all who enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

Latin

…a trigesimo anno et supra, usque ad quinquagesimum annum, omnium qui ingrediuntur ut stent et ministrent in tabernaculo fœderis.

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English

…men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Notes

Numbers 4:3

Out of the 22,000 Levites, only men aged thirty to fifty could serve in the sanctuary (3:39). This was because they were most capable at this time of their lives. 4:34–49 lists 8,580 qualified males. This is the summary of this registration, another "numbering."

Numbers 4:1–49

This section continues the discussion from 3:21–37 about the duties of the three Levite clans. The Levites carried and cared for the Tent of Meeting while traveling and camping. Other tribes always surrounded them to protect them and their valuable cargo (2:17). They placed the holy items of God in the center of the tribes. The priests and their Levitical assistants kept these items holy by separating them.
God, in his holiness, deserves to have the details of his will given careful attention. The Tent of Meeting and its furnishings were holy. The tribe of Levi had to maintain the difference between holy and common, and between ceremonially clean and unclean. This is why there is so much information about the duties of the three Levite clans.

Numbers 3:1–4:49

Israel's priests and Levites had duties like moving, assembling, protecting, and maintaining the Tent of Meeting. The way God organized the tribes highlighted his concern for these priestly tasks.

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1 Chronicles 23:3–5
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1 Timothy 1:18
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Numbers 4:35
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1 Chronicles 28:12–13
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