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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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34 49. A detailed statement that Moses and Aaron numbered the men
between the ages of 30 and 50 in the three Levitical families, as had
been commanded....
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FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD, &C.— _The service of the ministry,_ &c. is,
in the Hebrew, _the service of service, and the service of the
burden;_ by which seems to be meant _the most laborious service, even...
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D. THE CENSUS OF THE PRIESTLY FAMILIES vv. 34-49
TEXT
Numbers 4:34. And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation
numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after
the house...
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_AND MOSES AND AARON AND THE CHIEF OF THE CONGREGATION NUMBERED THE
SONS OF THE KOHATHITES AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AND AFTER THE HOUSE OF
THEIR FATHERS,_
Moses and Aaron ... This enumeration was made o...
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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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EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE. — This number of men
between the ages of twenty and fifty bears a just proportion to that
of all the males from a month old and upwards — viz., 22,000....
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וַ יִּהְי֖וּ פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁמֹנַ֣ת
אֲלָפִ֔ים וַ...
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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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Similar instructions, as to their respective services, are given also
to the Merarites; that in the general charge, to the tabernacle
ministry, all might have their distinct and separate work; that al...
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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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EVEN THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM,....
Numbers 4:34....
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Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five
hundred and fourscore.
Ver. 48. _Eight thousand, &c._] What a poor few were these to the
other tribes! God's portion is ever the le...
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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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even those that were numbered of them, marshaled and enrolled for
duty, for helping in the work of carrying the Tabernacle and its
equipment from one station to the next, WERE EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE...
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THE LEVITES IN SERVICE...
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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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34-49 God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in
number, yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever
service God calls men to, he will furnish them for it, give st...
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Which number was much inferior to any other tribe, for the reasons
mentioned on NUMBERS 3:39....
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THE ASSESSMENT OR ‘NUMBERING' OF THE LEVITES.
Numbers 4:34
‘And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered
the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers'
house...
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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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_They were numbered. .. every one according to his service._
PROPORTION BETWEEN NUMBER AND SERVICE
Looking at the relation of the numbers to the service required of them
we discover illustrations of...
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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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Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:15; Matthew 7:14; Numbers 3:39...