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Numbers 18:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
said. See note on Numbers 3:40.
Aaron. Jehovah "spoke" again to Aaron in Numbers 18:8 and Numbers 18:20.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.
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Numbers 18:2 open_in_new
tribe. matteh = staff.
Levi... joined. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6. Hebrew. Levi... veyillavu.
tribe. shebet. rod.
tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40.
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Numbers 18:5 open_in_new
children. sons.
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Numbers 18:6 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
do the service. Hebrew serve the service. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. perform the solemn service.
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Numbers 18:8 open_in_new
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.
hallowed. holy. See note on "holy", Exodus 3:5.
the anointing. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the priesthood associated with it.
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Numbers 18:9 open_in_new
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.
oblation. Hebrew approach-offering. See App-43.
shall be. Hebrew "it [shall be]".
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Numbers 18:12 open_in_new
wine. Hebrew. tirosh. See App-27.
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Numbers 18:13 open_in_new
the. their.
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Numbers 18:14 open_in_new
Every thing. See Leviticus 27:28.
devoted. See note on Leviticus 27:1.
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Numbers 18:15 open_in_new
the matrix. See Numbers 3:13.Exodus 13:2; Exodus 34:19; Leviticus 27:26.
men... man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
redeem. Hebrew. padah. See note on Exodus 6:6,
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Numbers 18:16 open_in_new
shekels... shekel. See App-51.
which. it. Compare Numbers 3:47; Exodus 30:13.Leviticus 27:25.
gerahs. See App-51.
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Numbers 18:17 open_in_new
thou. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Targum of Onkelos, and Syriac, read "but thou".
burn. burn as incense. See App-43.
sweet savour. See note on Leviticus 1:9.
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Numbers 18:19 open_in_new
offer. heave up as. heave offering. See note on Exodus 29:27.
covenant of salt. Hebrew covenant. berith, from barah. to cut. hence, to eat. As salt was scarce and precious. and used with all eating, so it was put, by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for eating, just as the breaking of bread was. See Isaiah 58:7 (Authorized Version "deal"); Jeremiah 16:7 (Authorized Version "tear"). Lamentations 4:4.Ezekiel 18:7 (Authorized Version "given"). Hence, when wages were paid in kind, by finding the worker in food, "salt" was put (by Figure of speech Metonymy) for wages generally; so that. worker was spoken of as being worth, or not worth, his "salt". "A covenant of salt" was therefore. covenant made by sacrifice, which was first cut in two (Genesis 15:10-18; Jeremiah 34:18; Jeremiah 34:19) and then eaten, thus solemnizing an inviolable covenant.