And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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 Purification of the Levites. This differed from that of the priests (Exodus 29, Leviticus 8), for the Levites ( a) were only sprinkled with wa...
5. And the Lord spake unto Moses. Although the Levites were not allowed to go into the sanctuary, but were only the priests’ ministers, and...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
And the Lord spake unto Moses. — As Moses had already officiated in the consecration of the priests ( Leviticus 8 ), so now, notwithstanding the fa...
This passage is addressed briefly in the comments (paragraph 8) for Numbers 3:11-13 , THE FIRST-BORN.
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 lea...
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 specia...
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 m...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... the same time the order about lighting the lamps was given; and this section is joined to the former, Aben Ezra...
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 introdu...
The Consecration of the Levites. B. C. 1490....
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Dedication of the Levites ( Numbers 8:5-26 ). The voice has spoken to Moses, Yahweh's chosen; the light, lit by Aaron and his sons, Yahweh's...
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...
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...
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 servic...
Take the Levites and cleanse them. The Divine principle of cleansing Here we have, in type, the only Divine principle of cleansing. It is the a...
EXPOSITION THE HALLOWING OF THE LEVITES ( Numbers 8:5-4 ). Numbers 8:5 The Lord spake unto Moses. At some time subsequent to...
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,