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. Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:20), and because it had charge of the most sacred furniture, the ark, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD] In Numbers 8:24 we read that the time of service was from the age of twenty-five. And in 2 Chronicles 31:17; Ezra 3:8 it is from the age of twenty: cp. 1 Chronicles 23:3; 1 Chronicles 23:24. The practice seems to have varied at different times. 4-20. The Kohathites carry the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COVERING VEIL is the curtain which screened off the Holy of Holies: see Exodus 26:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONTINUAL BREAD] i.e. the shewbread: see on Leviticus 24:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOLDEN ALTAR] i.e. the altar of incense. In Leviticus 24:13 the altar is the altar of burnt offering (see on Exodus 30:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
LEST THEY DIE] cp. 2 Samuel 6:6; 2 Samuel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUT NOT OFF] see that you do not expose them to any risk of death by touching the most holy things: cp. Romans 14:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL NOT GO IN] i.e. the Kohathites. 21-28. The Gershonites take charge of the curtains of the tabernacle and the court. As these were of great weight two ox-wagons were employed in their transport: see Numbers 7:7. 29-33. The Merarites take charge of the framework of the tabernacle and empl... [ Continue Reading ]