“ The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. ”
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...
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
The families of the Gershonites— The camp of the priests and Levites is appointed to be of a square form, like that of the other Israelites. The description in the following verses is very full and...
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...
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...
Behind the tabernacle westward. — As the position of the twelve tribes in respect of the tent of meeting had been already determined, so in this and the following verses the position of the priests...
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...
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...
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...
The families of the Gershonites ,.... The two before mentioned, the Libnites and Shimites: shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward ; this was their situation when encamped; they were placed in...
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...
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...
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iii). The Family And Privileges of Gershon. As Gershon was the first-born details concerning his sub-tribe were given first. Information was now given about general descent, status, sacred task a...
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 3:9 . 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...
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...
The Charges of the Various Divisions among the Levites
Numbers 1:53 ; Numbers 2:17