Numbers 18 - Introduction
* The charge of the priests and Levites. (1-7) The priests' portion. (8-19) The Levites' portion. (20-32)... [ Continue Reading ]
* The charge of the priests and Levites. (1-7) The priests' portion. (8-19) The Levites' portion. (20-32)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-7 The people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should come near for them. Aaron would see reason not to be proud of his preferment, when he considered the great care and charge upon him. Be not high-minded, but fear... [ Continue Reading ]
8-19 All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle shows that it is the duty of christian churches to maintain their ministers. Scandalous maintenance ma... [ Continue Reading ]
20-32 As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their Inheritance and their Portion for ever, ought to look with holy contempt and indifference upon the possessions of this world. The Levites were to gi... [ Continue Reading ]