Numbers 4:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: ”

Numbers 4:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(l) Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: (l) Committing by your negligence that the holy things are not well wrapped, causing them to perish by touching...
Numbers 4:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 4:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Numbers 4:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Cut ye not off the tribe, &c.— The meaning of this, as explained in the following verses, is, "Do not, by omitting to instruct the Kohathites what they are to do in the service to which they ar...
Numbers 4:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Cut ye not off ... - a solemn admonition to Moses and Aaron to beware, lest, by any negligence on their part, disorder and improprieties...
Numbers 4:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 4:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cut ye not off the tribe... — The word shebet (tribe) is here used in a very peculiar sense, and denotes one division only of the tribe of Levi. In this and the following verses the injunction al...
Numbers 4:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 4:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The service of the Kohathites is striking. They were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. It was dangerous to go into the holy place, for GOD had commanded that this should he done only once i...
Numbers 4:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites. Or give no occasion, as the Targum of Jonathan; or be not the cause of their cutting off, as Jarchi, through negli...
Numbers 4:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: Ver. 18. Cut ye not off, ] i.e., Cause them not, by your default, to be cut off. Heed must be taken, that we n...
Numbers 4:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cut not off Do not by your neglect, provoke God to cut them off for touching the holy things. Every one to his service To that which is peculiarly allotted to him, the services and burdens being...
Numbers 4:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 4:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Office of the Levites. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,...
Numbers 4:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Do not by your neglect provoke God to cut them off for touching the holy things.
Numbers 4:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Taking of the Sum of the Levites and their Responsibilities ( Numbers 4:15-49 ). The Responsibility of the Sons of Kohath ( Numbers 4:15-20 ). Numbers 4:15 ‘And when Aaron and his sons...
Numbers 4:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 4:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 4:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 4:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Numbers 4:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Kohathites
Numbers 4:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:19 ; 2 Samuel 6:6 ; 2 Samuel 6:7 ; Exodus 19:21 ; Jeremiah 38:23 ; Leviticus 10:1 ; Leviticus 10:2 ; Numbers 16:32 ; Numbers 17:10 ; Numbers 18:5
Numbers 4:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cut not off — Do not by your neglect provoke God to cut them off for touching the holy things.

Numbers 4:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 4:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 4:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 4:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 4:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 4:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 4:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 4:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 4:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 4:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 4:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes