Numbers - 4:47



47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,

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From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old, that go into the ministry of the tabernacle, and to carry the burdens,
from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to serve in the work of the service, and in the work of carrying, in the tent of meeting,
from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years, every one who is going in to do the work of the service, even the service of burden in the tent of meeting,
Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,
from thirty years and above, until the fiftieth year, entering for the ministry of the tabernacle and carrying the burdens,
Ab eo qui natus erat triginta annos et supra, usque ad eum qui natus erat quinquaginta annos: quotquot ingrediebantur ad peragendum ministerium cultus, et ad peragendum oneris in tabernaculo conventionis.

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From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do (u) the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
(u) Whoever of the Levites that had any charge in the tabernacle.

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,.... See Gill on Numbers 4:34.

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