Numbers 4:30

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Cross-reference

Numbers 4:3 gives the same age requirement (30-50) for Kohathites, showing the uniform rule for all Levite clans.

Numbers 4:23 states the identical age range for Gershonites, confirming the same standard applies to Merarites here.

Numbers 4:4 details Kohathite duties; verse 30 gives the age range for Merarites. Both are part of the same Levitical census instructions.

Numbers 4:35 repeats the age requirement for Kohathites, mirroring verse 30's instruction for Merarites with identical phrasing.

Numbers 4:47 restates the age requirement in the total census of all Levites, confirming the same criteria summarily.

1 Chronicles 23:3 later applies the same age 30+ rule for Levitical service, demonstrating continuity of the practice.