Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Numbers 4:20
to see when the holy things are covered - Render: to see the holy things for an instant. The expression means Iiterally” as a gulp,” i. e. for the instant it takes to swallow.
to see when the holy things are covered - Render: to see the holy things for an instant. The expression means Iiterally” as a gulp,” i. e. for the instant it takes to swallow.
Verse Numbers 4:20. _WHEN THE HOLY THINGS ARE COVERED_] Literally, כבלע _keballa_, when they are _swallowed down_; which shows the promptitude with which every thing belonging to the holy of holies w...
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...
A CENSUS OF THE LEVITES QUALIFIED TO SERVE ABOUT THE TABERNACLE, AND THE APPORTIONMENT OF THEIR DUTIES. This census includes all males between 30 and 50 (_cf._ 1 Chronicles 23:3). In Numbers 8:23 the...
TO SEE. Compare Exodus 19:21; 1 Samuel 6:19....
The Kohathites and their duties....
VI. MARCHING DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE LEVITE FAMILIES (NUMBERS 4) A. THE KOHATHITES vv. 1-20 TEXT Numbers 4:1. And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 2. Take the sum of the sons of Levi, afte...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ Cut ye not off ... - a solemn admonition to Moses and Aaron to beware, lest, by any negligence on their part, disorder and improprieties should...
4:20 moment (g-11) Lit. 'like a swallowing (of spittle).' Job 7:19 ....
THEY SHALL NOT GO IN] i.e. the Kohathites. 21-28. The Gershonites take charge of the curtains of the tabernacle and the court. As these were of great weight two ox-wagons were employed in their trans...
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
BUT THEY SHALL NOT GO IN TO SEE WHEN THE HOLY THINGS ARE COVERED. — Better, _But they shall not go in to see the holy things_ (or, the sanctuary) _for a moment._ The Levites were not per-mitted to ent...
וְ לֹא ־יָבֹ֧אוּ לִ רְאֹ֛ות כְּ בַלַּ֥ע
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...
_Curiosity. Septuagint, "suddenly." Let them not rush in before all the vessels be properly covered. The priests folded them up with all haste, that they might see them as little as possible themselve...
The service of the Kohathites is striking. They were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. It was dangerous to go into the holy place, for GOD had commanded that this should he done only once in...
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...
BUT THEY SHALL NOT GO IN TO SEE WHEN THE HOLY THINGS ARE COVERED,.... They were not to be present while they were packing up, test they should see any of them with their eyes; they were not to go in u...
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. Ver. 20. _But they shall not go in to see._] The men of Bethshemesh paid for their peeping. 1Sa 6:9 Search not into Go...
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...
but they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, not even for a moment, while this work is being done, LEST THEY DIE. By enforcing this regulation with the greatest strictness, the pr...
THE WORK OF THE KOHATHITES...
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...
4-20 The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked t...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Numbers 4:20 in H935 (H8799) watch H7200 (H8800) things H6944 covered H1104 (H8763) die H4191 ...
THE TAKING OF THE SUM OF THE LEVITES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES (NUMBERS 4:15). THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SONS OF KOHATH (NUMBERS 4:15). Numbers 4:15 ‘And when Aaron and his sons have made an end o...
Numbers 4:1. _And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,_ There were th...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 6:19; Exodus 19:21; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 10:20; Levitic