Numbers 4:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTY. This thirty pertains to their _numbering,_ The age twenty-five pertains to their _service._ So that there was. probationary live years. Changed (by Divine direction given to David) in 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 23:24; 1 Chronicles 23:27 to twenty. Compare 2 Chronicles 31:17. ALL THAT E... [ Continue Reading ]
MOST HOLY. the holiest. Hebrew holiness of holinesses. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), here and in following verses, to emphasize each particular in verses: Numbers 4:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABLE OF SHEWBREAD. See Exodus 25:30 and Leviticus 24:6. DISHES. In ch App-4 rendered "charger" throughout. SPOONS. dishes. BOWLS. pans. COVERS. bowls. TO COVER. to pour. continual. Compare Leviticus 24:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANDLESTICK. light-holder, as in Genesis 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BAR. pole. Compare Numbers 13:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and the". See note on Numbers 4:5 above. FLESHHOOKS: or forks. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), emphasizing each separate item. BASONS: o... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. candlestick. See on Numbers 4:9 above. TABERNACLE. habitation. Hebrew. _mishkan._ App-40.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY ONE. each to his own work. No confusion.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SEE. Compare Exodus 19:21; 1 Samuel 6:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERFORM THE SERVICE. Hebrew war the warfare. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. do the important or solemn work.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
APPOINTMENT. Hebrew "mouth", put for what is said or bidden by it. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6,... [ Continue Reading ]
DO THE WORK. Hebrew "serve the service". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. perform the solemn service.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INSTRUMENTS OF. Instead of these words some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "all", i.e. "all the charge".... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew "mouth". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, put for words spoken by it. HAND. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, "hand" put for ministry performed by Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO THE SERVICE. Hebrew "serve the service". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. do the solemn or important service.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDMENT. Hebrew "mouth", put for what is said by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6. HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for ministry performed by it. EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'ish 'iah._ See App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]