And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. Ver. 3. _He lighted the lamps._] This candlestick, on the south side of the tabernacle, over against the table, figured the law of God shining in his Church; Proverbs 6:23 2Pe 1:19 and the ligh... [ Continue Reading ]
And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. Ver. 4. _Beaten work._] To show that ministers must beat their brains to beat out the s... [ Continue Reading ]
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean. Ver. 7. _Sprinkle water of purifying, &c._] This taught that none were meet for the holy ministry, but by th... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: Ver. 9. _The whole assembly._] By their representatives the elders, or the firstborn; figuring the Church of Christ, those "firstborn which are wr... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: Ver. 10. _Shall put their hands._] Imposition of hands is an ancient rite at the ordination of ministers.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. Ver. 11. _And Aaron shall offer the Levites._] Heb., Wave the Levites; which might figure, ministers' miseries and afflictions, by Satan's sifting them, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one [for] a sin offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. Ver. 12. _The one for a sin offering._] The sin offering for actual sin; the burnt offe... [ Continue Reading ]
And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is it] that [belongeth] unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: Ver. 24. _From twenty-five years._] _See Trapp on "_ Num 4:30 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]