Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Numbers 4:2
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, for they had charge of the most holy vessels, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, for they had charge of the most holy vessels, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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 Kohathites and their duties....
VI. MARCHING DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE LEVITE FAMILIES (NUMBERS 4) A. THE KOHATHITES vv. 1-20 TEXT Numbers 4:1. And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2. Take the sum of the sons of Levi, afte...
_TAKE THE SUM OF THE SONS OF KOHATH FROM AMONG THE SONS OF LEVI, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,_ Sons of Kohath ... from thirty years old and upward. This age was specifically f...
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
IV. (2) OF THE SONS OF KOHATH... — Kohath appears to have been the second son of Levi (Numbers 3:17), but the Kohathites here stand first because Moses and Aaron belonged to them, and it was their of...
נָשֹׂ֗א אֶת ־רֹאשׁ֙ בְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֔ת מִ תֹּ֖וךְ
3. LEVITICAL SERVICE Numbers 3:14; Numbers 4:1 The sacred service of the Levites is described in detail. There are three divisions, the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites. The Gershonites, fr...
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...
Let the reader observe upon the particular age of the Levites, appointed to minister in holy things, that this service did not begin till after the thirtieth year. And surely the Reader will not forge...
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...
TAKE THE SUM OF THE SONS OF KOHATH FROM AMONG THE SONS OF LEVI,.... They were to begin with them first, and number them: AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS; as many as were of the ag...
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, Ver. 2. _Of the sons of Kohath._] Kohath was not Levi's firstborn, but Gershom: an...
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 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...
1-3 The middle-aged men of the tribe of Levi, all from thirty years old to fifty, were to be employed in the service of the tabernacle. The service of God requires the best of our strength, and the p...
No text from Poole on this verse....
CHAPTER 4 THE TASKS OF THE LEVITES. In this chapter the special tasks allotted to the priests and to each of the sub-tribes of Levi are described, and the number of Levites between thirty and fifty ...
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...
Numbers 3:19; Numbers 3:27...