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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...
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THE NUMBERS OF THE LEVITES, THEIR POSITION AND DUTIES. The census here
described included all Levites above one month, whose numbers amounted
to 22,000. Their three divisions, when the camp was statio...
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The Levitical families and their duties.
Notice that _narrative_in Numbers 3:21 f., Numbers 3:27 f., Numbers
3:33 f., Numbers 3:39 alternates with...
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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...
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_OF MERARI WAS THE FAMILY OF THE MAHLITES, AND THE FAMILY OF THE
MUSHITES: THESE ARE THE FAMILIES OF MERARI._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON
THESE VERSES....
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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...
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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
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וּ פְקֻדֵיהֶם֙ בְּ מִסְפַּ֣ר כָּל
־זָכָ֔ר מִ
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3. LEVITICAL SERVICE
Numbers 3:14; Numbers 4:1
The sacred service of the Levites is described in detail. There are
three divisions, the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites. The
Gershonites, fr...
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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...
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I do not detain the Reader, through this whole account of the
numbering of the Levites, with any observation, in order to avoid the
unnecessarily swelling the extent of our Commentary. But I cannot
su...
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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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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...
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AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM,.... Of the above two families:
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF ALL THE MALES, FROM A MONTH OLD AND UPWARD,
[WERE] SIX THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED; 6,200 men; the least n...
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[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...
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And those that were numbered of them, mustered as in the other cases,
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF ALL THE MALES, FROM A MONTH OLD AND UPWARD,
WERE SIX THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED....
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THE CHARGES OF THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS AMONG THE LEVITES...
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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,...
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14-39 The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of
Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into
families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or
privile...
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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...
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Numbers 3:34 numbered H6485 (H8803) number H4557 males H2145 month
H2320 old H1121 above H4605 six H8337 thousand...
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V). THE FAMILY AND PRIVILEGE OF MERARI (NUMBERS 3:33).
Numbers 3:33
‘Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites: these are the families of Merari.'
The two clans of th...
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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...
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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...
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_These shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle._
THE PLACING OF THE LEVITES THROUGHOUT THE HOST
In this division we see more particularly that which was in part noted
before, namely, the several si...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 3:14 The census results are listed by clan.
Each clan is responsible for carrying a specific part of the
tabernacle and for guarding a specific side of the tabernacle. The
tota...
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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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE
FIRSTBORN (Numbers 3:1)....
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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...
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Numbers 1:21; Numbers 2:11; Numbers 2:9...