“ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ”
A Census of the Levites Qualified to Serve about the Tabernacle, and the Apportionment of their Duties. This census includes all males between 30 and 50 ( cf. 1 Chronicles 23:3 ). In Numbers 8:2...
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. spake. See note on Numbers 1:1 .
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron This census had a different object from the former one, which we have just been considering, viz., that an equal distribution of the charge...
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Duties of the Levites on the March 2. Kohath seems to have been the second son of Levi ( Numbers 3:17 ), but his family is mentioned first, because Moses and Aaron belonged to it ( Numbers 3:1...
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...
Continuing the instructions concerning the Levites, we have a minute account of their work in connection with the movement and marching of the people. The family of Kohath were made responsible for c...
CONTENTS The same subject as occupied the former chapter, is continued through this. The numbering and ordering the several branches of the Levites, the Kohathites, the Gershonites, and the Merarite...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron ,.... After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of the firstborn of Israel for them; and now they are ordered to number them...
THE SERVICE OF THE KOHATHITES (vs.1-20) Moses and Aaron are instructed in verse 2 to take a census of the sons of Korath, those males 30 to 50 years of age. In verses 21-22 the same is said as to...
The Office of the Levites. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 4 . God commands the Levites to be numbered from thirty till fifty years, fit for the service of the tabernacle; their charge, Numbers 4:1-16 . Of the Kohathites, Numbers 4:17-2...
Chapter 4 The Tasks of the Levites. In this chapter the special tasks allotted to the priests and to each of the sub-tribes of Levi are described, and the number of Levites between thirty and fif...
Critical Notes.— Numbers 4:3 . צָבָא, host , “signifies military service, and is used here with special reference to the service of the Levites as the militia sacra of Jehovah.”— Keil and Del ....
Numbers 4:1-2 . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, There w...
Numbers 4:3 . Thirty years old. We read in chap. 8., that the levites began to learn as is understood, at the age of twenty five. From 1 Chronicles 23 ., we learn that the census was taken at the...
EXPOSITION THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ( Numbers 4:1-4 ). Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath. The Levites having been separated from the other tribes, the Kohathites...
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers 4:1