Numbers 8:25
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New International Version (©2011)
but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.

New Living Translation (©2007)
and they must retire at the age of fifty.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But at 50 years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.

International Standard Version (©2012)
but starting at 50 years of age, he is to retire from service and is no longer to work.

NET Bible (©2006)
and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But when they're 50 years old, they must retire from active service and not work anymore.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

American King James Version
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

American Standard Version
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:

Darby Bible Translation
And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;

English Revised Version
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more;

Webster's Bible Translation
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service of it, and shall serve no more:

World English Bible
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,

Young's Literal Translation
and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:5-26 Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguished from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him, according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, ministers must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and then our services. The Levites must be cleansed. They must be clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Moses must sprinkle the water of purifying upon them. This signifies the application of the blood of Christ to our souls by faith, that we may be fit to serve the living God. God declares his acceptance of them. All who expect to share in the privileges of the tabernacle, must resolve to do the service of the tabernacle. As, on the one hand, none of God's creatures are his necessary servants, he needs not the service of any of them; so none are merely honorary servants, to do nothing. All whom God owns, he employs; angels themselves have their services.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof,.... The heavy service of it:

and shall serve no more; by bearing and carrying the vessels of the sanctuary upon their shoulders, as Jarchi interprets it; this, according to the Jewish writers, was only in force while the tabernacle was in the wilderness, and was moved from place to place: but when it had a fixed habitation, and that laborious service of bearing and carrying the vessels of it ceased, years made no difference in the Levites, or disqualified them for service; for it is said (x), that the Levites were not bound by this law, but in the time of the tabernacle; but when it was at Shiloh, and at Jerusalem, where there was no bearing and carrying upon the shoulder, the Levites were not rejected on account of years, only for their voice, when they had lost that, and could not sing.

(x) Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Cholin, c. 1. sect. 6.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

25. from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, &c.—that is, on the laborious and exhausting parts of their work.

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Retirement for Levites
23And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24This is it that belongs to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: 25And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

Numbers 8:24 "This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,
Numbers 8:26 They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites."