This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall begin to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting — the minimum age of twenty-five establishes that Levitical service requires physical maturity and presumably emotional development beyond mere adolescence. The language 'begin to do duty' (yavo la-tzava) suggests that service commences at this threshold. The military metaphor ('tzava,' usually 'army' or 'service') frames Levitical duty as sacred warfare requiring full strength.

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