Numbers 7:6-9

I only detain the Reader to remark in the perusal of these verses, the striking difference in the sons of Kohath, to that of the others. Upon their bare shoulders their burden was to be borne; no doubt by way of intimating the preciousness of the treasure they carried. Nothing is holy enough to bear the ark of GOD. Nothing, my soul, in thee is holy enough to touch JESUS, of whom the ark was a type: and yet blessed be his name, he condescends to touch thee, see Matthew 8:3. See that awful instance in the case of Uzzah, for the reverse of this: 2 Samuel 6:6. But what sanctity ought to distinguish those who minister in holy things, and bear the vessels of the LORD? Isaiah 52:11.