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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...
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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...
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HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
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The Kohathites and their duties....
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_they shall not touch the sanctuary_ Better _the_ HOLY THINGS, as in
R.V. marg. The Heb. word is strictly a singular abstract substantive,
-the sacredness," which is here employed to denote the whole...
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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...
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_THIS SHALL BE THE SERVICE OF THE SONS OF KOHATH IN THE TABERNACLE OF
THE CONGREGATION, ABOUT THE MOST HOLY THINGS:_
This shall be the service ... The Kohathites are mentioned first,
from their close...
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4:15 things, (d-42) Or 'the sanctuary.' so in ver. 20. Same as
'sanctuary' vers. 12,15,16....
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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...
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LEST THEY DIE] cp. 2 Samuel 6:6; 2 Samuel 6:7....
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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
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AND ALL THE VESSELS OF THE SANCTUARY. — No mention is here made of
the laver (Exodus 30:18). The LXX. and the Samaritan text supply a
statement respecting the covering and conveyance of the brazen lav...
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וְ כִלָּ֣ה אַֽהֲרֹן ־וּ֠ בָנָיו לְ
כַסֹּ֨ת
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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...
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And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the (h)
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set
forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]:...
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_Vessels of, &c. Some say, not even their coverings. God threatens to
punish all idle curiosity or negligence, particularly with respect to
the ark, which the Caathites had to carry, till the priests...
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Observe what sanctity is required of those which minister in holy
things. That is a striking precept of the prophet to this amount.
Isaiah 52:11. But what are the constant stated privileges of GOD'S
p...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN AARON AND HIS SONS HAD MADE AN END OF COVERING THE
SANCTUARY,.... Not the holy place, nor the most holy place, for these
were not covered by them; but "the holy things" in them, as the
Septua...
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_Bear it_ Upon their shoulders. Afterward the priests themselves,
being multiplied, carried these things, though the Levites were not
excluded. _They shall not touch_ Before they are covered....
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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...
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THE WORK OF THE KOHATHITES...
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And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the Sanctuary
and all the vessels of the Sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward,
only the laver and his foot being omitted in the enumeration...
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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...
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4-20 The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle.
All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and
respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked t...
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THE SONS OF KOHATH SHALL BEAR IT, to wit upon their shoulders, not
upon carts or waggons, as appears from NUMBERS 7:9, the neglect of
which order did provoke the Lord, 2 Samuel 6:6,7 1 Chronicles 13:7...
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THE TAKING OF THE SUM OF THE LEVITES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
(NUMBERS 4:15).
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SONS OF KOHATH (NUMBERS 4:15).
Numbers 4:15
‘And when Aaron and his sons have made an end o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Chronicles 13:10; 1 Chronicles 13:9; 1 Chronicles 15:15; 1
Chronicles 15:2;...
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Bear it — Upon their shoulders. Afterward the priests themselves,
being multiplied, carried these things, though the Levites also were
not excluded. They shall not touch — Before they are covered....