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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Numbers 8:11

Aaron shall offer Hebrew, Shall wave the Levites for a wave- offering; not that Aaron did so wave them, which be could not do, but it is probable that he lifted up his hands, and turned to all quarters of the heavens, as he did when he offered a wave-offering; and that he caused them to imitate his motions, and to wave themselves toward the several parts of the world; in order that they might hereby signify their readiness to serve God, according to their capacity, wheresoever they should be.

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See also Numbers 8:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The Levites could only undertake their duties Numbers 3; Numbers 4 after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-born Numbers 3:44. The distinction between the “consecration” of the pr

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The lighting of the candlestick (Numbers 8:1)_ 2. The consecration of the Levites (Numbers 8:5) 3. The charge to the Levites repeated (Numbers 8:2...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PURIFICATION OF THE LEVITES. This differed from that of the priests (Exodus 29, Leviticus 8), for the Levites (_a)_ were only sprinkled with water instead of being washed altogether and anointed w...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OFFER. Hebrew wave. See note on Exodus 29:27. OFFERING. Hebrew wave offering. See App-43. EXECUTE THE SERVICE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). Hebrew "serve the service". perform the solemn s...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The Levites_ Numbers 8:5. Their purification and dedication, Numbers 8:23. The age of service. The passage is an expansion of Numbers 3:5-13, with the addition of the rite of purification. The Levit...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _offer_ WAVE, as R.V. marg.; see Numbers 8:13_; Numbers 8:15; Numbers 8:21_. The literal significance of the term (see on Numbers 5:25) is here

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AARON SHALL OFFER THE LEVITES, &C.— _Shall wave the Levites for a wave-offering._ Margin of our English Bibles. See Exodus 29:26. As Aaron, properly speaking, could not wave the Levites, it is probabl...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES FOR SERVICE vv. 5-22 TEXT Numbers 8:5. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6. Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7. And thus shalt...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AARON SHALL OFFER THE LEVITES BEFORE THE LORD FOR AN OFFERING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY MAY EXECUTE THE SERVICE OF THE LORD._ AARON SHALL OFFER THE LEVITES ... FOR AN OFFERING, х_ TªNU...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:11 offer (c-4) Lit. 'wave.' so vers. 13,15,21, and Leviticus 7:30 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LIGHTING OF THE GOLDEN LAMPS. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES 1-4. See on Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 27:21. 5-26. This is the fulfilment of the injunetion in...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 AARON SETS UP THE LAMPS – NUMBERS 8:1-4 V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2 ‘Speak to Aaron. Give these instr

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND AARON SHALL OFFER THE LEVITES BEFORE THE LORD FOR AN OFFERING. — Literally, _and Aaron shall wave the Levites as a wave-offering before the Lord._ The manner in which the Levites were thus set apa...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הֵנִיף֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת ־הַ לְוִיִּ֤ם תְּנוּפ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    This passage is addressed briefly in the comments (paragraph 8) for Numbers 3:11, THE FIRST-BORN....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LIGHTS IN GOD'S HOUSE; CLEAN WORKMEN Numbers 8:1 It is strange to come on this paragraph about the candlestick amid the preparations for leaving Sinai. But typically it is appropriate, because the p...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Having recorded the acts of the princes in offering their substance, the record proceeded to deal with the setting apart of the Levites as the special order of men whose persons and time were to be gi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _A gift. Hebrew, "he shall heave them as a heave-offering before the Lord." Some assert, that Aaron lifted each of them towards the four quarters of the world; (ver. 21,) or he made them go up towards...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Levites were before appointed to this service, and here is the form of their ordination. See Numbers 3:6, etc. But let the Reader remark with me, the gospel feature strongly pointed out. The Levit...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8 AND 9. Chapter 8 speaks of the candlestick. [1] The lamps were to make the light shine from it, and cause that light to be diffused around and before it. Th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND AARON SHALL OFFER THE LEVITES BEFORE THE LORD,.... Or "wave" r them, as a wave offering, which was moved to and fro, backwards and forwards; not that they were actually so waved and moved to and f...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. Ver. 11. _And Aaron shall offer the Levites._] Heb., Wave...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [THE CLEANSING THE LEUITES.] 1 How the lampes are to be lighted. 5 The consecration of the Leuites. 23 The age and time of their seruice. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto Aar...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord, in a gesture of waving, whereby they were transferred from the position of ordinary members of the congregation to that of God's servants in a peculi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PURIFYING OF THE LEVITES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LAMPS (vs.1-4) It may seem strange that this one subject of the lampstand and the arranging of the lamps should be introduced in this place. But the previous Chapter s have bee...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    OFFER: _ Heb._ wave OFFERING: _ Heb._ wave offering THEY MAY EXECUTE: _ Heb._ they may be to execute, etc....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-26 Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they wer...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR AN OFFERING, Heb. _for a wave-offering_. Of which see EXODUS 29:24. Not that Aaron did so wave them, which he could not do, but that he caused or commanded them to imitate that motion, and to wave...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 8:11 Aaron H175 offer H5130 (H8689) Levites H3881 before H6440 LORD H3068 offering H8573 children H1121 Israel

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THREEFOLD OFFERING OF THE LEVITES AS A WAVE-OFFERING TO YAHWEH (NUMBERS 8:10). Numbers 8:10 “ And you shall present the Levites before Yahweh. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands on...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Numbers 8:5. _And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them._ These men were to be the servants of God; they are the type of God's elect,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Cleansing of the Levites for the ministry of the tabernacle. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: All Christians, and especially ministers, should cleanse themselves from all filthin...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 8:7. _Water of purifying,_ or _the water of sin,_ made with the ashes of the red heifer. Numbers 19:9. Numbers 8:19. _To do the service._ The great and awful work of expiation belongs solely t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 8:5__ The Levites took the place of the firstborn Israelites (vv. Numbers 8:16). Their cleansing made them fit to be offered to God. The leaders then laid hands on them, symbol

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 8:1. (Compare Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 37:17;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE HALLOWING OF THE LEVITES (Numbers 8:5-4). NUMBERS 8:5 THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. At some time subsequent to the command given in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps that shall give light there in the candlestick. And so Aaron lighted the lamps of t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For an offering — Heb. for a wave — offering. Not that Aaron did so wave them, which he could not do, but that he caused them to imitate that motion, and to wave themselves toward the several parts of...

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