_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ The Lord spake unto Moses. The order of this charter suggests the idea that the following instructions were given to Moses while he was within the tabernacle of the congregation, after the princes had completed their offering. But from the tenor of the instr... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO AARON, AND SAY UNTO HIM, WHEN THOU LIGHTEST THE LAMPS, THE SEVEN LAMPS SHALL GIVE LIGHT OVER AGAINST THE CANDLESTICK._ SPEAK UNTO AARON ... The candlestick, which was made of one solid, massy piece of pure gold, with six lamps supported on as many branches, a seventh in the center surmou... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AARON DID SO; HE LIGHTED THE LAMPS THEREOF OVER AGAINST THE CANDLESTICK, AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE THE LEVITES FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND CLEANSE THEM._ Take the Levites ... and cleanse them. This passage describes the consecration of the Levites. Although the tribe was to be devoted to the divine service, their hereditary descent alone was not a sufficient qualification for en... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THUS SHALT THOU DO UNTO THEM, TO CLEANSE THEM: SPRINKLE WATER OF PURIFYING UPON THEM, AND LET THEM SHAVE ALL THEIR FLESH, AND LET THEM WASH THEIR CLOTHES, AND SO MAKE THEMSELVES CLEAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT BRING THE LEVITES BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: AND THOU SHALT GATHER THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TOGETHER:_ The children of Israel ... Since it was plainly impossible that the whole multitude of the Israelites could do this, a select portion of them mu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT BRING THE LEVITES BEFORE THE LORD: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS UPON THE LEVITES:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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_ TªNUWPAAH_ (H8573)] - a wave offering; and it has been thought probable that the high priest, in bringin... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS SHALT THOU SEPARATE THE LEVITES FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: AND THE LEVITES SHALL BE MINE._ The Levites shall be mine - i:e., exempt from all military duty or secular work; free from all pecuniary imposition, and wholly devoted to the custody and service of the sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER THAT SHALL THE LEVITES GO IN TO DO THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: AND THOU SHALT CLEANSE THEM, AND OFFER THEM FOR AN OFFERING._ After that shall the Levites go in - into the court, to assist the priests; and at removal into the tabernacle - i.e., the door of it-to re... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THEY ARE WHOLLY GIVEN UNTO ME FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; INSTEAD OF SUCH AS OPEN EVERY WOMB, EVEN INSTEAD OF THE FIRSTBORN OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, HAVE I TAKEN THEM UNTO ME._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I HAVE GIVEN THE LEVITES AS A GIFT TO AARON AND TO HIS SONS FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO DO THE SERVICE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: THAT THERE BE NO PLAGUE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHEN THE C... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES, AND AARON, AND ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, DID TO THE LEVITES ACCORDING UNTO ALL THAT THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES CONCERNING THE LEVITES, SO DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL UNTO THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS IS IT THAT BELONGETH UNTO THE LEVITES: FROM TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD THEY SHALL GO IN TO WAIT UPON THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION:_ From twenty-five years old ... - (cf. Numbers 4:3.) They entered upon their work in their 25th year, as pupils and probationers, u... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FROM THE AGE OF FIFTY YEARS THEY SHALL CEASE WAITING UPON THE SERVICE THEREOF, AND SHALL SERVE NO MORE:_ From ... fifty ... they shall cease waiting ... - i:e., on the laborious and exhausting parts of their work.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT SHALL MINISTER WITH THEIR BRETHREN IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, TO KEEP THE CHARGE, AND SHALL DO NO SERVICE. THUS SHALT THOU DO UNTO THE LEVITES TOUCHING THEIR CHARGE._ But shall minister with their brethren - in the performance of easier and lighter duties; instructing and directing... [ Continue Reading ]