1._And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron _This _census _had a different object from the former one, which we have just been considering, viz., that an equal distribution of the charges should be made in proportion to the number of the individuals. First, as regarded age, a distinction must be... [ Continue Reading ]
4._This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath. _He assigns their various offices to the Levites: firstly, lest their promiscuous sedulity should beget confusion; secondly, lest ambition should stimulate certain of them, (203) from whence disputes and contentions might arise. We know how confuse... [ Continue Reading ]
24._This is the service of the families of the Gershonites. _The tasks which He enjoins upon the sons of Gershon, as well as the sons of Merari, are apparently mean and laborious, for it was a hard and also a servile work to carry the curtains and the tabernacle, together with its coverings, the boa... [ Continue Reading ]
34._And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation _Another exception is subjoined, viz., that none should be received unless they were free from all defect and blemish; for we have seen elsewhere that those, who were blind and lame, or defective in any part of their body, were excluded from... [ Continue Reading ]