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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
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_TAKE THE LEVITES FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND CLEANSE
THEM._
Take the Levites ... and cleanse them. This passage describes the
consecration of the Levites. Although the tribe was to be dev...
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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...
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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
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קַ֚ח אֶת ־הַ לְוִיִּ֔ם מִ תֹּ֖וךְ
בְּנֵ֣י
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This passage is addressed briefly in the comments (paragraph 8) for
Numbers 3:11, THE FIRST-BORN....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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6._Take the Levites from among. _To take them from among the children
of Israel, is equivalent to subtracting them from the number of the
people, that they might not be included in the general _census...
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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...
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TAKE THE LEVITES FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Among whom
they were mixed, as were all the tribes mixed together as Aben Ezra
says, before they took their journey from Mount Sinai; however, f...
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[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...
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THE PURIFYING OF THE LEVITES...
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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
This was done in order to take from them any Levitical defilement and
to set them apart as a body of servants for the ministry of...
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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...
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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...
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Or, _wash_ or _purify_ them, which was also done with the priests and
others when they were to approach to God and his service. See EXODUS
19:10,14 LE 14:9....
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"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...
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Numbers 8:6 Take H3947 (H8798) Levites H3881 among H8432 children
H1121 Israel H3478 cleanse H2891 (H8765)...
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THE DEDICATION OF THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 8:5).
The voice has spoken to Moses, Yahweh's chosen; the light, lit by
Aaron and his sons, Yahweh's chosen, shines on the bread that
symbolises Yahweh's people;...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_Take the Levites and cleanse them._
THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF CLEANSING
Here we have, in type, the only Divine principle of cleansing. It is
the application of death to nature and all its habits. It i...
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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
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 8:1. (Compare Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 37:17;...
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 7:1; Exodus 19:15; James 4:8...