<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">LA'AVOD AVODAT AVODA VA'AVODAT MASA 4:47... Note the four words in a row with the same root. (Probably the only place in the Torah with four words in a row with the same root). <br class=""> <br class="">Rashi says the Avodat Avoda (kind of a strange phrase) refers to playing musical instruments. </span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">As far as Avodat Masa (Work of burden) is concerned — the Gemara in Chulin comments that </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">only when there is heavy manual labor involved, then there is an age limit for the Leviyim (as with the others). </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class=""> </span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">And it seems that the age limit of 50 was only for the carrying. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">In other words, a Levi was able to continue serving in the Mishkan after 50, </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">but only for SHIRA and SH'MIRA.</span></div></body></html>