Why did God restrict the age that a priest could serve?
Numbers 8:24 - 26
ESV - 24 This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.
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Asked January 14 2014
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S. Michael Houdmann
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Numbers 8:24-26 commands, "This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from ...
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