Numbers 4:43

Bible in Basic English 1965

All those from thirty to fifty years old who did the work in the Tent of meeting,

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Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting;

And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.

This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son as it seemed of Joseph, the son of Heli,