Numbers Chapter 4 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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BBE Numbers 4:3

All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
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DARBY Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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KJV Numbers 4:3

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.
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WBT Numbers 4:3

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.
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WEB Numbers 4:3

from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
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YLT Numbers 4:3

from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - From thirty years old and upward. The age at which they became liable for service was shortly after reduced to twenty-five (Numbers 8:24), and at a later period to twenty (1 Chronicles 23:27). In the wilderness a larger number of the men might be required to attend to their own camps, and their own families; but the explanation may probably be found in the unusually large proportion who were at this time between the ages of thirty and fifty. The Septuagint has altered thirty into twenty-five to make it agree with Numbers 8:24. Thirty years became among the Jews the perfect age at which a man attained to full maturity, and entered upon all his fights and duties (cf. Luke 3:23). Into the host. Not the military ranks, but the militia sacra of the Lord. To do the work. Literally, "to war the warfare."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old.--The previous census of the Levites was from a month old. The present census was with a view to the discharge of duties requiring a considerable amount of physical strength, and hence the prescribed age for entering upon these duties was fixed at this time at thirty, and limited to fifty. It has been supposed by some that five years were spent in preparation for the service, and that it is in this way that the apparent discrepancy between this verse and Numbers 8:24, where the age for entering upon the service is fixed at twenty-five, is to be reconciled. (See Note on Numbers 8:24.) In Eastern countries the strength fails at an earlier period than in colder and more temperate climates. Thirty was the age at which John the Baptist and our Lord entered upon their public ministry.All that enter into the host.--Or, every one who enters upon the service. The word zaba, commonly rendered host, and used elsewhere to denote military service, is here used to denote the service of the sanctuary.