- from a month old:
- The males of all the other tribes were numbered from twenty years old and upwards; but, had the Levites been numbered in this way, they would not have been nearly equal in number to the first-born of the twelve tribes. Add to this, that as there must have been first-born of all ages in the other tribes, it was necessary that the Levites, who were to be their substitutes, should also be of all ages; and it appears to have been partly on this ground, that the Levites were numbered from a month old and upwards. "And those that were numberedª° of the sonsª of Gershon,ª throughout their families,ª and by the houseª of their fathers,ª ... Even those that were numberedª° of them, throughout their families,ª by the houseª of their fathers,ª were¹ two thousandª and sixª hundredª and thirty.ª" {Num 4:38-40}
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