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CHAPTER 4
The Service of the Levites and their Numbering
_ 1. The children of Kohath; their service (Numbers 4:1)_
2. The sons of Gershon; their service (Numbers 4:21)
3. The sons of Merari; their...
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A CENSUS OF THE LEVITES QUALIFIED TO SERVE ABOUT THE TABERNACLE, AND
THE APPORTIONMENT OF THEIR DUTIES. This census includes all males
between 30 and 50 (_cf._ 1 Chronicles 23:3). In Numbers 8:23 the...
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LIGHT. candlestick. See on Numbers 4:9 above.
TABERNACLE. habitation. Hebrew. _mishkan._ App-40....
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Eleazar superintends the Kohathites, and has personal charge of the
oil for the light (Exodus 27:20), the -incense of sweet spices"
(Exodus 25:6; Exodus 30:34-38), the -continual meal-offering," and t...
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The Kohathites and their duties....
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VI. MARCHING DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE LEVITE FAMILIES (NUMBERS 4)
A. THE KOHATHITES vv. 1-20
TEXT
Numbers 4:1. And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2. Take
the sum of the sons of Levi, afte...
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_AND TO THE OFFICE OF ELEAZAR THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST PERTAINETH
THE OIL FOR THE LIGHT, AND THE SWEET INCENSE, AND THE DAILY MEAT
OFFERING, AND THE ANOINTING OIL, AND THE OVERSIGHT OF ALL THE
TABE...
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4:16 incense, (e-22) See Exodus 30:7 ....
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THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ON THE MARCH
2. Kohath seems to have been the second son of Levi (Numbers 3:17),
but his family is mentioned first, because Moses and Aaron belonged to
it (Numbers 3:19 cp. E...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 4
THE DUTIES OF KOHATH’S *CLAN – NUMBERS 4:1-20
V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, V2-3 ‘K
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THE OIL FOR THE LIGHT. — Or, _for the candlestick_ (Exodus 25:6).
THE SWEET INCENSE. — Or, _the incense of spices_ (Exodus 25:6).
THE DAILY MEAT OFFERING. — Better, _the continual meat offering_ —
_i...
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וּ פְקֻדַּ֞ת אֶלְעָזָ֣ר ׀ בֶּן
־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַ כ
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Continuing the instructions concerning the Levites, we have a minute
account of their work in connection with the movement and marching of
the people. The family of Kohath were made responsible for ca...
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And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth]
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the (k) daily meat
offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all t...
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_Over them. The sons of Caath, to whose care the more sacred things
were entrusted; or Hebrew, "over the oil," &c. --- Sacrifice of flour,
wine, &c. These always accompanied the morning and evening ho...
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Observe what sanctity is required of those which minister in holy
things. That is a striking precept of the prophet to this amount.
Isaiah 52:11. But what are the constant stated privileges of GOD'S
p...
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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...
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Next in order come the arrangements prescribed for the carrying of the
things which the tabernacle contained, as well as their coverings,
when the camp journeyed in the wilderness. I shall point out w...
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AND TO THE OFFICE OF ELEAZAR, THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST,
[PERTAINETH] THE OIL FOR THE LIGHT,.... The following things, to bear
them, according to some Jewish writers; but rather it was to give the...
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And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth]
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat
offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the
t...
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_Eleazar_ He himself is to carry these things, and not to commit them
to the sons of Kohath. _The oversight_ The care that all the things
above mentioned be carried by the persons and in the manner ex...
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1 The age and time of the Leuites seruice.
4 The carriage of the Kohathites when the Priestes haue taken downe
the Tabernacle.
16 The charge of Eleazar.
17 The office of the Priests.
21 The carria...
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THE SERVICE OF THE KOHATHITES
(vs.1-20)
Moses and Aaron are instructed in verse 2 to take a census of the sons
of Korath, those males 30 to 50 years of age. In verses 21-22 the same
is said as to th...
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4-20 The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle.
All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and
respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked t...
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i.e. He himself is to carry these things, and not to commit them to
the sons of Kohath. The daily meat-offering of fine flour, which was
to be offered every morning and evening with the daily burnt-of...
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Numbers 4:16 duty H6486 Eleazar H499 son H1121 Aaron H175 priest H3548
oil H8081 light H3974 sweet H5561 incense...
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THE TAKING OF THE SUM OF THE LEVITES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
(NUMBERS 4:15).
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SONS OF KOHATH (NUMBERS 4:15).
Numbers 4:15
‘And when Aaron and his sons have made an end o...
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Numbers 4:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after
their families, by the house of their fathers,_
There were th...
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CONTENTS: The service of the Kohathrites, Gershonites and Merarites.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron.
CONCLUSION: There is a service appointed to each of God's people in
connection with His Church, an...
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Numbers 4:3. _Thirty years old._ We read in chap. 8., that the levites
began to learn as is understood, at the age of twenty five. From 1
Chronicles 23., we learn that the census was taken at the age...
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_The office of Eleazar._
THE ELEAZAR PRIESTHOOD:
There are few Chapter s which will so amply repay patient study as
this. It might be styled the directory for the pilgrim priest, and
therefore it is...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 4:1 Levites between 30 and 50 years old were
responsible for moving the tabernacle from campsite to campsite. This
chapter specifies what each Levitical clan must do (vv. Numbe...
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Critical Notes.— Numbers 4:3. צָבָא, _host_, “signifies
military service, and is used here with special reference to the
service of the Levites as the _militia sacra_ of Jehovah.”—_Keil
and Del_.
Numb...
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EXPOSITION
THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES (Numbers 4:1).
NUMBERS 4:2
TAKE THE SUM OF THE SONS OF KOHATH. The Levites having been separated
from the other tribes, the Kohathites are now
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Now in chapter four we find that from the tribe of Kohath the men that
were to actually do the service of carrying and all, of course they
numbered them from a month old upwards. It's obvious that lit...
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1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Timothy 2:5; Acts
20:28
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Eleazar — He himself is to carry these things, and not to commit
them to the sons of Kohath. The oversight — The care that all the
things above mentioned be carried by the persons and in the manner
ex...