from thirtyyearsand upwardto fiftyyearsold,you shall numberthem; allwho enterto performthe serviceto dothe workin the tentof meeting.
Thesewere the sonsof Leviaccording to their fathers'households,[even] the headsof the fathers'[households] of those of them who were counted,in the numberof namesby their census,doingthe workfor the serviceof the houseof the LORD,from twentyyearsoldand upward.
For by the lastwordsof Davidthe sonsof Levi[were] numberedfrom twentyyearsoldand upward.
The Leviteswere numberedfrom thirtyyearsoldand upward,and their numberby censusof menwas 38,000
"Takea censusof the sonsof Gershonalso,by their fathers'households,by their families;
"Thisis the serviceof the familiesof the Gershonites,in servingand in carrying:
from thirtyyearsand upward,even to fiftyyearsold,allwho enterthe serviceto dothe workin the tentof meeting.
"But at the ageof fiftyyearsthey shall retirefrom servicein the workand not workanymore.
Whoat any timeserves as a soldierat his ownexpense?Whoplantsa vineyardand does not eatthe fruitof it? Orwhotendsa flockand does not usethe milkof the flock?
in the wordof truth,in the powerof God;by the weaponsof righteousnessfor the right handand the left,
For the fleshsets its desireagainstthe Spirit,and the Spiritagainstthe flesh;for theseare in oppositionto one another,sothat you may not dothe things that you please.
Nowthosewho belong to ChristJesushave crucifiedthe fleshwith its passionsand desires.
ThiscommandI entrustto you, Timothy,[my] son,in accordancewith the propheciespreviously madeconcerningyou, that by them you fightthe goodfight,
I have foughtthe goodfight,I have finishedthe course,I have keptthe faith;