“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
This redemption money (see the marginal references) would perhaps be exacted from the parents of the “youngest” children of the 22,273 Numbers 3:43 . The cattle of the Levites was doubtless taken...
The Redemption by Money of the Residue of the First-born. Cf. Numbers 3:12 f . Since the first-born of Israel (22,273) exceed the Levites (22,000, see Numbers 3:39 ), those in excess are to b...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. Number all the firstborn ... The...
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...
2. THE FIRST-BORN Numbers 3:11-13 ; Numbers 3:40-51 These two passages supplement each other and may be taken together. Jehovah claims the first-born in Israel. He hallowed them unto Himself o...
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...
The sum here appointed, amounted in value to about 2 shillings and 3 pence halfpenny of our current coin.
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... After the number was taken, and gave him directions what to do upon it: saying ; as follows.
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...
40 And the L ORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take th...
No text from Poole on this verse.
vii). The Make-up of the Levites And Their Substitution for the Firstborn ( Numbers 3:39-51 ). Numbers 3:39 ‘All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandm...
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...
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Numbers 3:44