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from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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Service as Spiritual Warfare
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and John Gill, highlight that the Hebrew phrase for "perform the service" literally translates to "war the warfare." This military language reframes the Levites' work, suggesting that serving God is not a passive duty but an active, disciplined, and focused spiritual battle.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
enter in to perform the service - literally, as in the margin, to war the warfare, or, as the same phrase in part is rendered, ([Re…
19th Century
Baptist
They were to bear the external coverings of the holy place. The most holy place was in the custody of the Kohathites; but the Gershonites were to c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old , you shall number them Take …
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