Numbers 1:50 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. ”

Numbers 1:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When a census of the tribe of Levi takes place. Numbers 3:15 ; Numbers 26:62 , “all” the males are counted from a month old and upward, and not, as in the other tribes, those only who were of age...
Numbers 1:50 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

tabernacle . habitation. Hebrew. mishkan. See App-40.
Numbers 1:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels the...
Numbers 1:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. But the Levites ... were not numbered. They were obliged to keep a register of their own. They were consecrated...
Numbers 1:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Numbering of the People At Sinai Moses receives the command to take the number of the males over twenty years of age in the eleven secular tribes, the tribe of Levi being enumerated sepa...
Numbers 1:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The tabernacle of testimony. — The testimony (sometimes described as the two tables of the testimony ( Exodus 31:18 ; Exodus 34:29 ) denotes in the first instance the tables of the law which were...
Numbers 1:50 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. THE TRIBE OF LEVI Numbers 1:47-54 The tribe of Levi is not numbered with the rest. No warlike service, no half-shekel for the sanctuary, is to be exacted from the Levite. His contribution to...
Numbers 1:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbered for War; Set Apart for Worship Numbers 1:1-4 This book records two numberings of the host; the first, at Sinai; and the second, thirty-eight years after, on the threshold of Canaan. It...
Numbers 1:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Numbers deals with the wilderness. It is the story of a long discipline resulting from disobedience. History moves forward, for God ever protects His own purposes from the failure of His...
Numbers 1:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The separation of the Levites had certainly some very important signification. Perhaps to manifest the distinguishing tokens of grace. And it is probable, that it meant to show, that as in profession...
Numbers 1:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony ,.... So called from the ark in it, in which was the law of God, which was a testimony of the will of God to his people: and ove...
Numbers 1:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The tabernacle of testimony So called here, and Exodus 38:21 , because it was made chiefly for the sake of the ark of the testimony, which is often called the testimony. The stranger elsewhere...
Numbers 1:50 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST CENSUS OF ISRAEL (vs.1-46) After Israel's leaving Egypt, over a year passed before we read of this census being taken. In David's time, when he determined to number the people ( 2 Samue...
Numbers 1:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the L ORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither...
Numbers 1:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The tabernacle of testimony; so called here, and Exodus 38:21 because it was made chiefly for the sake of the ark of the testimony, 2 Samuel 7:2 , which is oft called the testimony, as hath be...
Numbers 1:50 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Levites' Responsibility for the Dwellingplace ( Numbers 1:47-54 ). Numbers 1:47 ‘But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.' But the Levites were not...
Numbers 1:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE ( Numbers 1:1-3 ) “The object of the encampment at Sinai,” says Perowne, “has been accomplished. The Covenant has been made, the Law given, the Sanctuary set up, the P...
Numbers 1:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 1:2 . Take ye the sum. The Israelites had been numbered, for the purpose of subscribing half a shekel towards the erection of the tabernacle. Now they are numbered for war; and were afterw...
Numbers 1:50 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Levites. .. were not numbered. The Levites and their service an illustration of the Christian ministry The Levites were exempted from military service, and set apart for the service of the...
Numbers 1:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE LEVITES ( Numbers 1:47-4 ). Numbers 1:47 Not numbered among them. They were numbered ( Numbers 3:39 ), but not among the rest; their census was taken separately, a...
Numbers 1:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Set Aside for God's Service.
Numbers 1:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 23:1-32 ; 1 Chronicles 26:32 ; Exodus 31:18 ; Exodus 32:26-29 ; Exodus 38:21 ; Ezra 8:25-30 ; Ezra 8:33 ; Ezra 8:34 ; Nehemiah 12:22 ; Nehemiah 12:47 ; Nehemiah 12:8 ; Nehemi...
Numbers 1:50 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The tabernacle of testimony — So called here, and Exodus 38:21 , because it was made chiefly for the sake of the ark of the testimony, which is often called the testimony.

Numbers 1:50 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 1:50 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 1:50 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 1:50 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 1:50 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 1:50 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 1:50 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 1:50 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 1:50 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 1:50 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 1:50 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 1:50 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 1:50 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 1:50 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes