John Trapp Complete Commentary
Numbers 4:48
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
Ver. 48. Eight thousand, &c.] What a poor few were these to the other tribes! God's portion is ever the least.
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
Ver. 48. Eight thousand, &c.] What a poor few were these to the other tribes! God's portion is ever the least.
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...
34 49. A detailed statement that Moses and Aaron numbered the men between the ages of 30 and 50 in the three Levitical families, as had been commanded....
FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD, &C.— _The service of the ministry,_ &c. is, in the Hebrew, _the service of service, and the service of the burden;_ by which seems to be meant _the most laborious service, even...
D. THE CENSUS OF THE PRIESTLY FAMILIES vv. 34-49 TEXT Numbers 4:34. And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house...
_AND MOSES AND AARON AND THE CHIEF OF THE CONGREGATION NUMBERED THE SONS OF THE KOHATHITES AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AND AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,_ Moses and Aaron ... This enumeration was made o...
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
EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURSCORE. — This number of men between the ages of twenty and fifty bears a just proportion to that of all the males from a month old and upwards — viz., 22,000....
וַ יִּהְי֖וּ פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם שְׁמֹנַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים וַ...
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...
Similar instructions, as to their respective services, are given also to the Merarites; that in the general charge, to the tabernacle ministry, all might have their distinct and separate work; that al...
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...
EVEN THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM,.... Numbers 4:34....
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...
even those that were numbered of them, marshaled and enrolled for duty, for helping in the work of carrying the Tabernacle and its equipment from one station to the next, WERE EIGHT THOUSAND AND FIVE...
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THE LEVITES IN 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...
34-49 God so ordered it, that though the Merarites were the fewest in number, yet they should have most able men among them; for whatever service God calls men to, he will furnish them for it, give st...
Which number was much inferior to any other tribe, for the reasons mentioned on NUMBERS 3:39....
Numbers 4:48 numbered H6485 (H8803) eight H8083 thousand H505 five H2568 hundred H3967 eighty H8084...
THE ASSESSMENT OR ‘NUMBERING' OF THE LEVITES. Numbers 4:34 ‘And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' house...
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...
_They were numbered. .. every one according to his service._ PROPORTION BETWEEN NUMBER AND SERVICE Looking at the relation of the numbers to the service required of them we discover illustrations of...
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...
Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:15; Matthew 7:14; Numbers 3:39...