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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...
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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...
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AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), here and in
following verses, to emphasize each particular in verses: Numbers 4:5....
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The Kohathites and their duties....
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When finally ready for the march the burden of the Kohathites would be
seen simply as six large packages as follows. (i) The _Ark_(Numbers
4:5 f.), covered with the -veil of the screen" (see on Number...
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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...
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_THIS SHALL BE THE SERVICE OF THE SONS OF KOHATH IN THE TABERNACLE OF
THE CONGREGATION, ABOUT THE MOST HOLY THINGS:_
This shall be the service ... The Kohathites are mentioned first,
from their close...
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4:5 separation (b-22) _ Masach_ ; see Exodus 35:12 ....
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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...
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THE COVERING VEIL is the curtain which screened off the Holy of
Holies: see Exodus 26:33....
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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
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AARON SHALL COME, AND HIS SONS... — Under ordinary circumstances the
high priest himself might only enter the most holy place on one day in
the year. At the time of the moving of the camp, however, th...
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וּ בָ֨א אַהֲרֹ֤ן וּ בָנָיו֙ בִּ
נְסֹ֣עַ
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3. LEVITICAL SERVICE
Numbers 3:14; Numbers 4:1
The sacred service of the Levites is described in detail. There are
three divisions, the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites. The
Gershonites, fr...
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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...
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And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and
they shall take down the (b) covering vail, and cover the ark of
testimony with it:
(b) Which divided the sanctuary from the hol...
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_Sons. Necessity excused them on this occasion. Out of respect for the
ark, the Levites were not allowed to behold or touch it uncovered.
(Calmet) --- That hangeth before the door. Hebrew, "the coveri...
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Was not this typical of Him of whom it is said, he should destroy the
face of the covering cast over all people? Isaiah 25:7....
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN THE CAMP SETTETH FORWARD,.... Upon the cloud's removing and
the trumpets blowing:
AARON SHALL COME, AND HIS SONS; into the holy place:
AND THEY SHALL TAKE DOWN THE COVERING VAIL: the vail t...
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And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and
they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony
with it:
Ver. 5. _And when the camp setteth forward._] Wh...
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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...
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and when the camp setteth. forward, the signal having been given to
move on to the next station, AARON SHALL COME, AND HIS SONS, for only
the priests were allowed to perform this particular service, A...
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THE WORK OF THE KOHATHITES...
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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...
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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...
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For upon this necessary occasion the inferior priests are allowed to
come into the holy of holies, which otherwise was peculiar to the high
priest, HEBREWS 9:7. THE COVERING VEIL; the second veil; of...
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Numbers 4:5 camp H4264 journey H5265 (H8800) Aaron H175 sons H1121
come H935 (H8804) down H3381 ...
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CHAPTER 4 THE TASKS OF THE LEVITES.
In this chapter the special tasks allotted to the priests and to each
of the sub-tribes of Levi are described, and the number of Levites
between thirty and fifty ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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2 Samuel 6:2; Exodus 25:10; Exodus 26:31; Exodus 36:35; Exodus 37:1
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They shall take down — For upon this necessary occasion the inferior
priests are allowed to come into the holy of holies, which otherwise
was peculiar to the high — priest. The covering veil — The sec...