Numbers 8:25
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And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:

Numbers 4:23 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.

Context
Retirement for Levites
24This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant. 25And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:26And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.…
Cross References
Numbers 8:24
This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

Numbers 8:26
And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.

Lexicon
But at the age
וּמִבֶּן֙ (ū·mib·ben)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of fifty,
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty

they must retire
יָשׁ֖וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from performing
מִצְּבָ֣א (miṣ·ṣə·ḇā)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

the work
הָעֲבֹדָ֑ה (hā·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5656: Work of any kind

and no
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

longer
עֽוֹד׃ (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

serve.
יַעֲבֹ֖ד (ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave


Additional Translations
But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

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

And from fifty years old the Levites shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.

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

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

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

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

and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,
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