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Numbers 8:24

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,	This [is it] that [belongeth] unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:	And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service [thereof], and shall serve no more:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

This is it that belongeth unto the Levites^H3881: from twenty^H6242 and five^H2568 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward^H4605 they shall go in^H935 to wait^{H6633 H6635} upon the service^H5656 of the tabernacle^H168 of the congregation^H4150:

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Original Hebrew

זֹאת אֲשֶׁר לַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה יָבֹוא לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מֹועֵד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
זֹ֖את	zot	H2063	HPdxfs	this
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	(is that) which
לַ/לְוִיִּ֑ם	la/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HRd/Ngmpa	(is) to the/ Levites
מִ/בֶּן֩	mi./Ben	H1121	HR/Ncmsc	from/ a son of
חָמֵ֨שׁ	cha.Mesh	H2568	HAcfsa	five
וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	ve./'es.Rim	H6242	HC/Acbpa	and/ twenty
שָׁנָה֙	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)
וָ/מַ֔עְלָ/ה	va./Ma'.la/h	H4605	HC/D/Sd	and/ up/ -wards
יָבוֹא֙	ya.Vo'	H935	HVqi3ms	he will go
לִ/צְבֹ֣א	li/tz.Vo'	H6633	HR/Vqc	to/ serve
צָבָ֔א	tza.Va'	H6635	HNcbsa	service
בַּ/עֲבֹדַ֖ת	ba./'a.vo.Dat	H5656	HR/Ncfsc	in/ (the) service of
אֹ֥הֶל	'O.hel	H168	HNcmsc	(the) tent of
מוֹעֵֽד	mo.'Ed	H4150	HNcmsa	meeting

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H168 — אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, o'-hel): from אָהַל; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H4150 — מוֹעֵד (môwʻêd, mo-ade'): or מֹעֵד; or (feminine) מוֹעָדָה; (2 Chronicles 8:13), from יָעַד; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand); appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
• H4605 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'al): from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
• H5656 — עֲבֹדָה (ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'): or עֲבוֹדָה; from עָבַד; work of any kind; act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H6633 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): a primitive root; to mass (an army or servants); assemble, fight, perform, muster, wait upon, war.
• H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.

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