Related for Daniel 1:5
וַיְמַן֩ לָהֶ֨ם הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֗וֹ מִפַּת־בַּ֤ג הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וּמִיֵּ֣ין מִשְׁתָּ֔יו וּֽלְגַדְּלָ֖ם שָׁנִ֣ים שָׁל֑וֹשׁ וּמִ֨קְצָתָ֔ם יַֽעַמְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s food, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Tosefta Shekalim (Lieberman)
A Levite may only enter the court for service if he has studied for five years, for it is said: "This applies to the Levites: from the age of twenty-five" etc. And further the [Scripture] says: ”From the age of thirty”. If it is said: “From the age of twenty-five” why is it said: ״From thirty years”? If it is said: "From the age of thirty" then why is it said: "From the age of twenty-five"? That means that he studied all the time between the age of twenty-five and thirty, from that point in time and onwards he was allowed to work From here it was said: Whoever does not show success in his instruction within five years, R. Jose says three years, because it is said: "To educate you for three years.
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