Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Numbers 4:26
Which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about. — Or, which are... The curtains or hangings enclosed the whole of the court.
Which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about. — Or, which are... The curtains or hangings enclosed the whole of the court.
CHAPTER 4 The Service of the Levites and their Numbering _ 1. The children of Kohath; their service (Numbers 4:1)_ 2. The sons of Gershon; their service (Numbers 4:21) 3. The sons of Merari; their...
A CENSUS OF THE LEVITES QUALIFIED TO SERVE ABOUT THE TABERNACLE, AND THE APPORTIONMENT OF THEIR DUTIES. This census includes all males between 30 and 50 (_cf._ 1 Chronicles 23:3). In Numbers 8:23 the...
The Gershonites and their duties. They carry (in wagons Numbers 7:7) all the hangings and coverings of which the Dwelling and the court are composed....
_whatsoever shall be done with them_ ALL THAT MAY HAVE TO BE DONE WITH REGARD TO THEM; e.g. the undoing of the hooks and loops, the rolling up of the strips of curtain and so on....
B. THE GERSHONITES vv. 21-28 TEXT Numbers 4:21. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22. Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23. From...
_THIS IS THE SERVICE OF THE FAMILIES OF THE GERSHONITES, TO SERVE, AND FOR BURDENS:_ This is the service ... They were appointed to carry "the curtains of the tabernacle" - i:e., the goats' hair cove...
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. E...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 THE DUTIES OF KOHATH’S *CLAN – NUMBERS 4:1-20 V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, V2-3 ‘K
וְ אֵת֩ קַלְעֵ֨י הֶֽ חָצֵ֜ר וְ אֶת
Continuing the instructions concerning the Levites, we have a minute account of their work in connection with the movement and marching of the people. The family of Kohath were made responsible for ca...
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, (p) which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their s...
_All things. Hebrew, "veils round the altar" of holocausts in the court. (Calmet)_...
In the service of the Gershonites, we may learn some sweet and interesting instructions, also, spiritually considered. Was not the numbering of those that ministered in this tabernacle service, emblem...
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...
Next in order come the arrangements prescribed for the carrying of the things which the tabernacle contained, as well as their coverings, when the camp journeyed in the wilderness. I shall point out w...
AND THE HANGINGS OF THE COURT,.... Which made the great court that surrounded the tabernacle, Exodus 27:9; AND THE HANGING FOR THE DOOR OF THE GATE OF THE COURT; the eastern gate that led into the co...
_Which is round about_ Which court compassed both the tabernacle and the altar. _Under the hand_ Under his conduct and direction....
1 The age and time of the Leuites seruice. 4 The carriage of the Kohathites when the Priestes haue taken downe the Tabernacle. 16 The charge of Eleazar. 17 The office of the Priests. 21 The carria...
THE WORK OF THE GERSHONITES...
and the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the Tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service...
THE SERVICE OF THE KOHATHITES (vs.1-20) Moses and Aaron are instructed in verse 2 to take a census of the sons of Korath, those males 30 to 50 years of age. In verses 21-22 the same is said as to th...
21-33 We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them b...
THE GATE OF THE COURT, i.e. which court compassed both the tabernacle and the altar, EXODUS 27:16....
Numbers 4:26 screen H7050 door H6607 gate H8179 court H2691 hangings H4539 court H2691 around H5439 tabernacle H4908
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SONS OF GERSHON (NUMBERS 4:21). Numbers 4:21 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families, fro...
Numbers 4:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,_ There were th...
CONTENTS: The service of the Kohathrites, Gershonites and Merarites. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: There is a service appointed to each of God's people in connection with His Church, an...
Numbers 4:3. _Thirty years old._ We read in chap. 8., that the levites began to learn as is understood, at the age of twenty five. From 1 Chronicles 23., we learn that the census was taken at the age...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 4:1 Levites between 30 and 50 years old were responsible for moving the tabernacle from campsite to campsite. This chapter specifies what each Levitical clan must do (vv. Numbe...
Critical Notes.— Numbers 4:3. צָבָא, _host_, “signifies military service, and is used here with special reference to the service of the Levites as the _militia sacra_ of Jehovah.”—_Keil and Del_. Numb...
EXPOSITION THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES (Numbers 4:1). NUMBERS 4:2 TAKE THE SUM OF THE SONS OF KOHATH. The Levites having been separated from the other tribes, the Kohathites are now
Now in chapter four we find that from the tribe of Kohath the men that were to actually do the service of carrying and all, of course they numbered them from a month old upwards. It's obvious that lit...
Exodus 27:9; Exodus 35:18...
Which is round about — Which court compassed both the tabernacle and the altar....