Numbers 8:25

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

From ... fifty ... they shall cease waiting ... - i:e., on the laborious and exhausting parts of their work.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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2 Timothy 4:7 ; Numbers 4:23

²⁵ And from the age of fifty years they shall ceased waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

Related Commentaries of Numbers 8:25

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 8:25