Bamidbar 1:3 · EXTRA 1 — from twenty years old EXTRA

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The Complete Passuk

מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כׇּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תִּפְקְד֥וּ אֹתָ֛ם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם אַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃

You and Aaron shall record them by their groups, from the age of twenty years up, all those in Israel who are able to bear arms.

Bamidbar Rabbah / classic — EXTRA.

Core Text

מבן עשרים שנה —\ldots לגיונות של מלך.

English: “From twenty years old” — \ldots the legions of the King.

On the midrash / in context: Military age begins at twenty; the census is framed as mustering the army of Heaven.

Custom

Chazal treat the age of twenty as the threshold for service in the divine hosts.