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Ezr 3:8 — Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Zerubbabel		See on Ezr 3:2
twenty years old		Num 4:3; 1Ch 23:24-32

Correlating Passages

Zerubbabel

Ezr 3:2

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as [it is] written in the law of Moses the man of God.

twenty years old

	Num 4:3	From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
	1Ch 23:24	These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
	1Ch 23:25	For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
	1Ch 23:26	And also unto the Levites; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
	1Ch 23:27	For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:
	1Ch 23:28	Because their office [was] to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
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