2 Chronicles 24:6

of the Levites See note on 2 Chronicles 24:5.

the collection, according to the commandment of Moses R.V. the tax of Moses; cp. Exodus 30:14-16; Exodus 38:25-26.

the taberna43cle of Witness R.V. the tent of the testimony. "The testimony" refers to the Ten Commandments, which contained the substance of God's testimony (protestation) to Israel. The two tables of stone were called "tables of the testimony" (Exodus 31:18, R.V.); the ark which contained them was called the "ark of the testimony" (Exodus 25:22); the vail which hung before the ark was the "vail of the testimony" (Leviticus 24:3); the tent which contained the ark was either the "tabernacle (Heb. miskan) of the testimony" (Exodus 38:21, R.V.) or the "tent (Heb. ôhel) of the testimony" (Numbers 9:15). The tabernacle, with all its contents, was to be a standing protest to Israel that Jehovah was with His people according to covenant, and that every breach of the covenant would call forth punishment. Cp. Deuteronomy 4:25-26; Deuteronomy 8:19, etc.