and to register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work in the Tent of the Lord's presence.
The Lord told Moses to take a census of the Levite clan of Merari by subclans and families,
They shall be responsible for carrying the frames, bars, posts, and bases of the Tent,
“From the age of twenty-five each Levite shall perform his duties in the Tent of my presence,
A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.