Numbers 4:47
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,
Cross-reference
Numbers 4:3 gives the same age range (30–50) for Levites serving in the tabernacle, reiterated here in verse 47.
Numbers 4:23 applies the same 30–50 age range to the Gershonites, mirroring the general rule in verse 47.
Numbers 4:30 lists the same age requirement (30–50) for the Merarites, consistent with verse 47.
Numbers 4:35 gives the count for Kohathites specifically, while this verse sums all Levite service-men.
Numbers 3:39 counts all male Levites from one month old (22,000)—a broader census than the service-aged men counted here.
1 Chronicles 23:27 lowers the starting age for Levitical service to 20 years, contrasting with the 30-year minimum in Numbers 4:47.
In Luke 3:23, Jesus begins his public ministry at about thirty—the same age Levites began service here, suggesting a typological parallel.
1 Chronicles 23:3 records a census of Levites from age 30 upward, resembling the lower limit in Numbers 4:47 but without the upper bound.