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.

Cross-references

Numbers 4:23 applies the same age range (30–50) to the Merarites, mirroring the requirement for Kohathites in Numbers 4:3.

Numbers 4:47 summarizes the count of all Levites aged 30–50, directly referencing the same age range from Numbers 4:3.

Numbers 3:7 Parallel

In Numbers 3:7, the duties of Levites are described; this verse provides the age range for performing those duties.

Numbers 3:8 Parallel

In Numbers 3:8, Levites are tasked with furnishings; this verse specifies the age for carrying out that service.

Numbers 8:24-26 sets the Levitical service age at 25–50, contrasting with the 30–50 range stated here.

Numbers 8:15 refers to Levites entering service after consecration, while Numbers 4:3 specifies the age for that service. Both concern Levitical ministry.

1 Chronicles 23:3 counts Levites from age 30, directly matching the age requirement stated here.

1 Chronicles 23:4 implements the same age requirement (30–50) for Levites serving in the temple, directly applying Numbers 4:3's regulation.

1 Chronicles 23:24-27 later numbers Levites from age 20, differing from the 30-year start here.

2 Chronicles 31:17 records a changed age requirement (20 years) for Levites under Hezekiah, contrasting with the 30-year minimum in Numbers 4:3.

Ezra 3:8 Contrast

Ezra 3:8 sets the age for Levites supervising temple work at twenty years, differing from the thirty-year requirement in Numbers 4:3.

1 Chronicles 23:28-32 specifies the duties of Levites who served under the age regulations of Numbers 4:3, detailing their temple work.

1 Chronicles 6:48 describes Levites appointed to all service of the tabernacle, echoing the general duty of Levites here, though without the age specification.