Numbers 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and coversa to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: ”

Numbers 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover (d) withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:...
Numbers 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

table of shewbread. See Exodus 25:30 and Leviticus 24:6 . dishes. In ch App-4 rendered "charger" throughout. spoons . dishes. bowls . pans. covers . bowls. to cover . to pour. continu...
Numbers 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
Numbers 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: This shall be the service ... The Kohathites are mentioned first, from their...
Numbers 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And covers to cover withal. — Better, and the cups for the drink-offering (or libation ). And the continual bread. — The shew-bread is so called because it was renewed every Sabbath day, and...
Numbers 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was not this continual bread typical of JESUS? John 6:51 .
Numbers 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue ,.... That that also might not be seen nor touched by the Levites: and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and...
Numbers 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The dishes Upon which the show-bread was put. Continual bread So called because it was continually to be there, even in the wilderness; where, though they had only manna for themselves, yet they...
Numbers 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of shew-bread, Heb. of faces or presence , for of the bread of faces or presence, i.e. of the bread which was continually standing in the presence of the Lord. The dishes, upon which the shew-br...
Numbers 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

shewbread ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 25:30 ).
Numbers 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Kohathites
Numbers 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 25:23-30 ; Exodus 37:10-16 ; Leviticus 24:5-8
Numbers 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The dishes — Upon which the shew — bread was put. Continual bread — So called because it was continually to be there, even in the wilderness; where though they had only manna for themselves, yet th...

Numbers 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 4:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Numbers 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes