Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Numbers 8:19
Plague] see on Numbers 1:53. When.. come nigh] RM 'through coming nigh.'
Plague] see on Numbers 1:53. When.. come nigh] RM 'through coming nigh.'
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
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...
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...
_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...
_as a gift_ lit. -given [persons]." See on Numbers 3:9. _the service of the children of Israel_ i.e. the service which Jehovah requires from them. They perform it in the person of their representativ...
AND TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR, &C.— The Levites being regularly called to perform the duties of the tabernacle, their service was acceptable to God, and (as figurative of the great Antitype of the whol...
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...
_AND I HAVE GIVEN THE LEVITES AS A GIFT TO AARON AND TO HIS SONS FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO DO THE SERVICE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND TO MAKE AN AT...
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
AS A GIFT. — Hebrew, _given,_ as in Numbers 8:16. THAT THERE BE NO PLAGUE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — The appointment of the Levites in the place of the firstborn was calculated to insure the reve...
וָ אֶתְּנָ֨ה אֶת ־הַ לְוִיִּ֜ם נְתֻנִ֣ים ׀ לְ
This passage is addressed briefly in the comments (paragraph 8) for Numbers 3:11, THE FIRST-BORN....
CONSECRATED TO GOD'S SERVICE Numbers 8:14 The Levites may be taken to represent the Church as distinguished from the rest of mankind, or the little band of pastors, teachers, and missionaries, set ap...
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...
And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the (g) children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make...
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...
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...
19._And I have given the Levites. _He declares on what terms He desires to have them as His own, viz., that they may be directed by Aaron, and obey his commands; for by “a gift” is not to be understoo...
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...
AND I HAVE GIVEN THE LEVITES [AS] A GIFT TO AARON AND HIS SONS, FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Or I have given the Levites that were given; that is, the Lord gave to Aaron and his sons the Lev...
And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an a...
_To do the service of Israel_ To serve God in their stead; to do what otherwise they would have been obliged to do in their own persons. _To make an atonement_ Not by offering sacrifices, which the pr...
[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...
THE PURIFYING OF THE LEVITES...
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel to do the service of the children of Israel, that which should have been performed by them in their fi...
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...
A GIFT: _ Heb._ given...
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...
THE SERVICE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, i.e. to serve God in their stead and behalf, to do what otherwise they had been obliged to do in their own persons. IN THE TABERNACLE: how in it, SEE POOLE ON "N...
"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...
Numbers 8:19 given H5414 (H8799) Levites H3881 gift H5414 (H8803) Aaron H175 sons H1121 among H8432 children...
THE LEVITES GIVEN AS A GIFT TO AARON, YAHWEH'S REPRESENTATIVE, TO DO THE SERVICE OF THE TENT OF MEETING (NUMBERS 8:19). Numbers 18:19 “ And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons...
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,...
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...
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...
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
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 8:1. (Compare Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 37:17;...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Samuel 6:19; 2 Chronicles 26:16; Ezekiel 44:11;...
To do the service of Israel — To serve God in their stead, to do what otherwise they had been obliged to do in their own persons. To make an atonement — Not by offering sacrifices, which the priests a...