Numbers 18:6; Numbers 8:11; Numbers 8:21; Romans 12:1; Romans 15:16
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...
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
And thou shalt set the Levites— Houbigant renders this verse, Then thou shalt bring the Levites to Aaron and to his sons, and shalt apply them to...
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. Aar...
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 offer them for an offering. — Literally, and wave them as a wave- offering, as in Numbers 8:11 . So also in Numbers 8:15 .
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 thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons ,.... After atonement was made for them, as Aben Ezra observes; then they were pres...
Numbers 8:12
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....
Before Aaron and his sons, i.e. put them into the power of Aaron and his sons, to employ them in holy ministrations; for so that phrase is sometime...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION THE HALLOWING OF THE LEVITES ( Numbers 8:5-4 ). Numbers 8:5 The Lord spake unto Moses. At some time subsequent to...
The Purifying of the Levites
And thou shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, for it was as their assistants that they were mainly to serve, and offer them for a...
Set the Levites before Aaron — Give the Levites to them, or to their service. Unto the Lord — For to him they were first properly offered, and by h...
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.