Numbers 8:19

Numbers 8:19 says, And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.  God said He had given the tribe of Levi to Aaron and his sons, the priests, to serve in the tabernacle and as an atonement for the people of Israel.  They represented the first born of all the people of Israel, and today, Jesus Christ, the first and only born Son of God represents us when we put our faith in Him.  Verse twenty adds, And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.  Moses and the people of Israel obeyed God, just as we must today.  Verse twenty-two continues, And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.  The Levites were washed along with their clothes and Aaron offered them to God and made a sacrifice of atonement for them.  We as Christians are washed clean by the blood of Christ, and He has made the only atonement possible by His death on the cross for our sins.  Verse twenty-two concludes, And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.  After they were cleansed and dedicated to God, the Levites went into the tabernacle and began to serve God, just as we must begin to serve God when Jesus Christ cleanses us from all unrighteous once we accept Him as our personal Savior and Lord.  Verse twenty-three states, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse twenty-four adds, 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:  The Levites who were twenty-five years old and older were to serve in the tabernacle.  As followers of Christ, we have no minimum limit by age or family of birth that keeps us from serving God today.  Verse twenty-five continues, And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:  The Levites were to no longer minister in the tabernacle after they turned fifty.  Verse twenty-six continues, But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.  Though they weren't to serve doing the physical labor in the sanctuary after they turned fifty, they were still to serve in the tabernacle of the congregation.  Just as we have no minimum age limit to start serving God today, we have no maximum age when we must stop serving Him.