And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death, for that was the punishment for every one not a priest that presumed even to approach the holy vessels.
Verse Numbers 3:10. _AARON AND HIS SONS - SHALL WAIT ON THEIR PRIEST'S_ _OFFICE_] It was the business of the _priests_ to offer the different sacrifices to God; to consecrate the shew-bread, pour out...
3. THE LEVITES AND THEIR MINISTRATIONS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The generations of the priests (Numbers 3:1)_ 2. The tribe of Levi and their ministry (Numbers 3:5) 3. The Levites substituted for all the fir...
THE RELATIONS OF THE LEVITES TO THE PRIESTS. The Levites (_i.e._ the non-Aaronite descendants of Levi), who are here regarded as given (Numbers 3:9) by Israel to the priests to be their servants, are...
The appointment of the Levites as an inferior, though sacred, body of priests" servants....
_keep their priesthood_ i.e. perform the duties of their priesthood. LXX. adds -and everything about the altar and within the veil"; cf. Numbers 18:7. _cometh nigh_ approaches the sanctuary to perfor...
B. THE LEVITES COUNTED AND ASSIGNED DUTIES vv. 5-39 TEXT Numbers 3:5. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6. Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may mi...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Bring the tribe of Levi near, х_ HAQªREEB_ (H7126)] - make approach. It is a sacrificial term, denoting the presentation of an offering to God (Leviticus 16:9...
THE LEVITES, THEIR DUTIES AND NUMBER Although Aaron and his family belong to the tribe of Levi (Exodus 2:1) the term 'Levites' is usually employed, as here, to denote the non-Aaronite Levites. The fam...
STRANGER] see on Numbers 1:51....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 AARON’S SONS – NUMBERS 3:1-4 V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses on Sinai mountain. This is the family of Aaron and Mos
THOU SHALT APPOINT. — Or, _number._ The word is the same as that which is used for the numbering of the Israelites generally (Numbers 1:19) and for the numbering of the Levites (Numbers 3:15)....
וְ אֶת ־אַהֲרֹ֤ן וְ אֶת ־בָּנָיו֙ תִּפְקֹ֔ד
PRIESTS AND LEVITES 1. THE PRIESTHOOD Numbers 3:1 In the opening verse of this chapter, which relates to the designation of the priesthood, Moses is named, for once, after his brother. According to...
44-51, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FIRST-BORN Numbers 3:1 The Levites were taken, instead of the firstborn sons of Israel, to perform the service of the Tabernacle. There were nearly as many Levites as fi...
The account of the arrangements for the service of the Levites is fully and carefully given in this and the following chapter. In the rites are certain matters of principle which are of permanent valu...
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the (g) stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (g) Any that would minister not being a Levite....
To whom. Samaritan and Septuagint, "to me." They must serve God in the persons of his priests. They are called a gift, people bestowed, as the Nothnim, to serve in the meanest functions; and hence the...
It is well worth the pious Reader's observation, that notwithstanding the great attention here shown to the tribe of Levi, the LORD JESUS descended not from that tribe. Hebrews 7:13....
It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
In chapter 3 we have the Levites set apart, according to the thoughts of God, for service. They are a figure of the church, or rather of the members of the church in their service, even as the priests...
AND THOU SHALT APPOINT AARON AND HIS SONS,.... To the priestly office; this was done before, but is renewed for the confirmation of it, and repeated to put them in mind of it, that they be careful to...
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Ver. 10. _And the stranger._] Though a Levite, yet if...
_The stranger_ That is, every one who is of another family than Aaron's; yea, though he be a Levite. _That cometh nigh_ To execute any part of the priest's office....
[THE LEUITES ARE NUMBRED.] 1 The sonnes of Aaron. 5 The Leuites are giuen to the Priests for the seruice of the Tabernacle, 11 in stead of the first borne. 14 The Leuites are numbred by their fami...
THE SONS OF AARON (vs.1-4) Aaron was the high priest, and in Israel a natural succession was practiced, as is not true in the Church of God today In fact, a special priesthood is not scriptural now,...
1-13 There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those whom God finds work for, he will find...
THEY SHALL WAIT, in their own persons, not by the Levites. THE STRANGER, i.e. every one who is of another family than Aaron s, yea, though he be a Levite. See NUMBERS 1:53, NUMBERS 16:40. THAT COMETH...
Numbers 4:1-49. What a marvellous spectacle was the camp of Israel, in that waste howling wilderness! What a spectacle to angels, to men, and to devils! God's eye ever rested upon it. His presence was...
Numbers 3:10 appoint H6485 (H8799) Aaron H175 sons H1121 attend H8104 (H8804) priesthood H3550 outsider...
THE DEDICATION OF THE LEVITES TO THE PRIESTS AND TO YAHWEH (NUMBERS 3:5). In the light of the shortage of priests the promotion of someone to act as assistants to them was inevitable. But it should be...
CONTENTS: Order of the host; placing of the Levites. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Having gifts differing according to the Grace given us if ministry, let us wait on our ministering (Ro...
Numbers 3:9. _Thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron._ God has a sovereign right to choose and call his own ministers. The service of the tabernacle would be better done by a separate tribe professional...
_The priests which were anointed._ AARON AND HIS SONS: PARENTS AND CHILDREN In Numbers 3:1 we have-- I. An incidental illustration of the exalted personal character and the divine mission of Moses....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 3:1__ The two censuses of Levites count different groups. The first (Numbers 3:1) counts every male Levite over one month old. The male Levites took the place of the firstborn...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 3:5 The two main tasks of the Levites were (1) guarding the tabernacle from intruders and (2) ministering AT THE TABERNACLE (which included carrying it from place to place)....
Critical Notes.—“Muster of the Tribe of Levi. As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of heads of tribes, the tribe of Levi founded, strictly sp...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE FIRSTBORN (Numbers 3:1)....
Now in chapter three, God had Moses set out the tribe of Levi into three major families: the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath and Merari. And so the Levites were divided into the three major fa...
1 Chronicles 6:32; 1 Samuel 6:19; 1 Timothy 4:15; 1 Timothy 4:16;...
The stranger — That is, every one who is of another family than Aaron's; yea, though he be a Levite. That cometh nigh — To execute any part of the priest's office....