Numbers 8:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Aaron shall offerb the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. ”

• Numbers 8:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The Levites could only undertake their duties Numbers 3 ; Numbers 4 after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-born Numbers 3:44-51 . The distinction between the “consecration” of...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Purification of the Levites. This differed from that of the priests (Exodus 29, Leviticus 8), for the Levites ( a) were only sprinkled with water instead of being washed altogether and anointe...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  offer. Hebrew wave. See note on Exodus 29:27 . offering. Hebrew wave offering. See App-43. execute the service. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew "serve the service". perform the...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.

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• Numbers 8:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Aaron shall offer the Levites, &c.— Shall wave the Levites for a wave-offering. Margin of our English Bibles. See Exodus 29:26 . As Aaron, properly speaking, could not wave the Levites, it i...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. Aaron shall offer the Levites ... for an offering , х...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lighting of the Golden Lamps. The Consecration of the Levites 1-4. See on Exodus 25:31-40 ; Exodus 27:20 ; Exodus 27:21 . 5-26. This is the fulfilment of the injunetion in Numbers 3:5...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord for an offering. — Literally, and Aaron shall wave the Levites as a wave-offering before the Lord. The manner in which the Levites were thus set...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  This passage is addressed briefly in the comments (paragraph 8) for Numbers 3:11-13 , THE FIRST-BORN.

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• Numbers 8:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Lights in God's House; Clean Workmen Numbers 8:1-13 It is strange to come on this paragraph about the candlestick amid the preparations for leaving Sinai. But typically it is appropriate, becau...

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• Numbers 8:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Having recorded the acts of the princes in offering their substance, the record proceeded to deal with the setting apart of the Levites as the special order of men whose persons and time were to be g...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The Levites were before appointed to this service, and here is the form of their ordination. See Numbers 3:6 , etc. But let the Reader remark with me, the gospel feature strongly pointed out. The Le...

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• Numbers 8:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord ,.... Or "wave" r them, as a wave offering, which was moved to and fro, backwards and forwards; not that they were actually so waved and moved to an...

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• Numbers 8:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. Ver. 11. And Aaron shall offer the Levites. ] Heb., Wa...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Aaron shall offer Hebrew, Shall wave the Levites for a wave- offering; not that Aaron did so wave them, which be could not do, but it is probable that he lifted up his hands, and turned to all qu...

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• Numbers 8:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LAMPS (vs.1-4) It may seem strange that this one subject of the lampstand and the arranging of the lamps should be introduced in this place. But the previous Chapter s have...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Consecration of the Levites. B. C. 1490.       5 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  For an offering, Heb. for a wave-offering . Of which see Exodus 29:24 . Not that Aaron did so wave them, which he could not do, but that he caused or commanded them to imitate that motion, and...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Threefold Offering of the Levites As A Wave-offering to Yahweh ( Numbers 8:10-15 ). Numbers 8:10-11 “ And you shall present the Levites before Yahweh. And the children of Israel shall la...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Critical and Explanatory Notes Numbers 8:1-4 . (Compare Exodus 25:31-40 ; Exodus 27:20-21 ; Exodus 37:17-24 ; Exodus 40:24-25 ). Here we have the command to actually light the lamps, and the...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Numbers 8:5-6 . And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. These men were to be the servants of God; they are the type of God's e...

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• Numbers 8:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Numbers 8:7 . Water of purifying, or the water of sin, made with the ashes of the red heifer. Numbers 19:9 . Numbers 8:19 . To do the service. The great and awful work of expiation belongs...

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• Numbers 8:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE HALLOWING OF THE LEVITES ( Numbers 8:5-4 ). Numbers 8:5 The Lord spake unto Moses. At some time subsequent to the command given in Numbers 3:6-4 , and no doub...

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• Numbers 8:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Purifying of the Levites

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• Numbers 8:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 29:24 ; Leviticus 7:30 ; Leviticus 8:27 ; Leviticus 8:29 ; Numbers 1:49-53 ; Numbers 3:5-43 ; Numbers 6:20

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• Numbers 8:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  For an offering — Heb. for a wave — offering. Not that Aaron did so wave them, which he could not do, but that he caused them to imitate that motion, and to wave themselves toward the several parts...

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