_The Lampstand_ The golden lampstand (not -candlestick" E.VV. [Note:.VV. The English Versions, i.e. Authorised and Revised.]) stood in the Holy Place, on the south side, i.e. on the left of one entering from the court. It was the only source of light in the Tabernacle, the Holy of Holies being in d... [ Continue Reading ]
_When thou_ SETTEST UP] So R.V. marg. correctly. The lamps were small bowls of oil with wicks. They stood on the top of the central stem and of the three branching arms or shafts on either side. The verb describes Aaron as reaching up to put them in their place after the wicks have been lighted. _i... [ Continue Reading ]
_beaten work Repoussé_work, hammered out of a solid plate of gold (Exodus 25:31; Exodus 25:36; Exodus 37:17-22). This work was employed also for the Cherubim (Exodus 25:18; Exodus 37:7) and the two silver clarions (Numbers 10:2). _unto the base_… and _unto the flowers_ The Heb. idiom means BOTH _bas... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Levites_ Numbers 8:5. Their purification and dedication, Numbers 8:23. The age of service. The passage is an expansion of Numbers 3:5-13, with the addition of the rite of purification. The Levites are inferior to the priests, and are therefore merely cleansed from the ceremonial pollution of o... [ Continue Reading ]
_water of expiation_ lit. _water of_ SIN, a unique expression denoting -water that washes away sin." Cf. the -waters of bitterness" (Numbers 5:17 f.), -water of impurity" (Numbers 19:9). Notice that the Levites are only sprinkled, while the priests (Exodus 29:4; Leviticus 8:6) are completely bathed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_shall lay their hands_ Through their representatives (Numbers 1:4-16), to indicate that the whole community offered the Levites as their gift. Cf. the same action in the case of the burnt-offering (Leviticus 1:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_offer_ WAVE, as R.V. marg.; see Numbers 8:13_; Numbers 8:15; Numbers 8:21_. The literal significance of the term (see on Numbers 5:25) is here lost, but the underlying thought remains that, having been given to Jehovah, the Levites were given back by Him for ritual service to the priests and the co... [ Continue Reading ]
For the sin-offering and burnt-offering see on Numbers 4:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Levites are formally handed over to the priests as their ministers.... [ Continue Reading ]
_as a gift_ lit. -given [persons]." See on Numbers 3:9. _the service of the children of Israel_ i.e. the service which Jehovah requires from them. They perform it in the person of their representatives, who are now the Levites instead of the first-born. _atonement_ Not in this case propitiation fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_purified themselves from sin_ lit. -unsinned themselves." See on Numbers 31:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
_that which belongeth unto the Levites_ An elliptical expression: _that which_[_thou shall do_ WITH REGARD _to the Levites_. _from twenty and five years old_ In Numbers 4:3 the age is from _thirty years_. See note there. _to wait upon the service_ R.V. marg. -to war the warfare." See on Numbers 4:... [ Continue Reading ]
_shall do no service_ i.e. no necessary responsible service. They may assist their younger fellow-Levites as voluntary helpers. _their charges their_ FUNCTIONS; the duties committed to their charge.... [ Continue Reading ]