Numbers 3:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Moses numbered them according to the worda of the LORD, as he was commanded. ”

Numbers 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Numbers of the Levites, their Position and Duties. The census here described included all Levites above one month, whose numbers amounted to 22,000. Their three divisions, when the camp was sta...
Numbers 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

word. Hebrew "mouth", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for words spoken by it. as . according as.
Numbers 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. Moses numbered them - Though Moses and Aaron conjointly numbered the twelve tribes, yet Moses alone numbered the Levite...
Numbers 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Number the children of Levi. They were numbered as well as the other tribes, but the enumeration was made on a different prin...
Numbers 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Levites, Their Duties And Number Although Aaron and his family belong to the tribe of Levi ( Exodus 2:1 ) the term 'Levites' is usually employed, as here, to denote the non-Aaronite Levites. T...
Numbers 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. LEVITICAL SERVICE Numbers 3:14-39 ; Numbers 4:1-49 The sacred service of the Levites is described in detail. There are three divisions, the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites. The G...
Numbers 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The account of the arrangements for the service of the Levites is fully and carefully given in this and the following chapter. In the rites are certain matters of principle which are of permanent val...
Numbers 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not detain the Reader, through this whole account of the numbering of the Levites, with any observation, in order to avoid the unnecessarily swelling the extent of our Commentary. But I cannot s...
Numbers 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord ,.... Took the account of all of a month old in the several houses and families of the tribe of Levi; though Moses is only here mentioned, y...
Numbers 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONS OF AARON (vs.1-4) Aaron was the high priest, and in Israel a natural succession was practiced, as is not true in the Church of God today In fact, a special priesthood is not scriptural n...
Numbers 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 And the L ORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and up...
Numbers 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 3:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Positioning and Arrangements for Travel of the Levites ( Numbers 3:14-51 ). i). The Command to Number The Levites Over One Month Old ( Numbers 3:14-16 ). Numbers 3:14-15 ‘And Yahweh spoke to...
Numbers 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Critical Notes.—“Muster of the Tribe of Levi. As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of heads of tribes, the tribe of Levi founded, strictly s...
Numbers 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 3:9 . Thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron. God has a sovereign right to choose and call his own ministers. The service of the tabernacle would be better done by a separate tribe professio...
Numbers 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

From a month old. Dedication of infants to God That He taketh them from a month old is a thing of good use, and we may note it, for it notably showeth that we may destinate our children to God...
Numbers 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE FIRSTBORN ( Numbers 3:1-4 ). Numbers 3:1 These … are the generations of Aaron and Mose...
Numbers 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Formal Mustering
Numbers 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:5 ; Genesis 45:21 ; Numbers 3:39 ; Numbers 3:51 ; Numbers 4:27 ; Numbers 4:37 ; Numbers 4:41 ; Numbers 4:45 ; Numbers 4:49

Numbers 3:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 3:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 3:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 3:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 3:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 3:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 3:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 3:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 3:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 3:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 3:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge