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Verse Numbers 8:7. _SPRINKLE WATER OF PURIFYING_] מי חטאת _mey_
_chattath, water of sin_, or _water_ of the _sin-offering_. As this
purifying water was made by the _ashes of the red heifer_,
_cedar-w...
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The Levites could only undertake their duties Numbers 3; Numbers 4
after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-born Numbers
3:44.
The distinction between the “consecration” of the pr
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6. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES
CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The lighting of the candlestick (Numbers 8:1)_
2. The consecration of the Levites (Numbers 8:5)
3. The charge to the Levites repeated (Numbers 8:2...
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THE PURIFICATION OF THE LEVITES. This differed from that of the
priests (Exodus 29, Leviticus 8), for the Levites (_a)_ were only
sprinkled with water instead of being washed altogether and anointed
w...
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WATER OF PURIFYING. sin water: i.e., water prepared as in Numbers 19....
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_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 t...
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_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 Levit...
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SPRINKLE WATER OF PURIFYING— In the Hebrew, as Dr. Beaumont
observes, _the sin-water, i.e._ the water of purification from sin, is
called _the sin-offering._ The manner of preparing this water is seen...
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B. CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES FOR SERVICE vv. 5-22
TEXT
Numbers 8:5. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6. Take the
Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7. And
thus shalt...
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_AND THUS SHALT THOU DO UNTO THEM, TO CLEANSE THEM: SPRINKLE WATER OF
PURIFYING UPON THEM, AND LET THEM SHAVE ALL THEIR FLESH, AND LET THEM
WASH THEIR CLOTHES, AND SO MAKE THEMSELVES CLEAN._
No JFB c...
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8:7 sin; (b-18) See ch. 19.9....
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THE LIGHTING OF THE GOLDEN LAMPS. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES
1-4. See on Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 27:21.
5-26. This is the fulfilment of the injunetion in...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 8
AARON SETS UP THE LAMPS – NUMBERS 8:1-4
V1 The *LORD said to Moses, V2 ‘Speak to Aaron. Give these instr
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WATER OF PURIFYING. — Literally, _water of sin,_ or, _of
sin-offering_ (Hebrew, _hattath_). As in the case of the holy water,
to which reference is made in Numbers 6:17, so here also there is no
expla...
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וְ כֹֽה ־תַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְ
טַֽהֲרָ֔ם הַזֵּ֥
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This passage is addressed briefly in the comments (paragraph 8) for
Numbers 3:11, THE FIRST-BORN....
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LIGHTS IN GOD'S HOUSE; CLEAN WORKMEN
Numbers 8:1
It is strange to come on this paragraph about the candlestick amid the
preparations for leaving Sinai. But typically it is appropriate,
because the p...
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Having recorded the acts of the princes in offering their substance,
the record proceeded to deal with the setting apart of the Levites as
the special order of men whose persons and time were to be gi...
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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle (c) water
of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let
them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.
(c)...
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Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification. This was the
holy water, mixed with the ashes of the red cow, (Numbers xix.)
appointed for purifying all that were unclean. It was a figure of the...
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The Levites were before appointed to this service, and here is the
form of their ordination. See Numbers 3:6, etc. But let the Reader
remark with me, the gospel feature strongly pointed out. The Levit...
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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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7._And thus shalt thou do unto them. _Aaron is commanded first to
sprinkle the water of purifying upon them, to cleanse them from their
uncleanness; and not only so, but they are commanded to wash the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8 AND 9.
Chapter 8 speaks of the candlestick. [1] The lamps were to make the
light shine from it, and cause that light to be diffused around and
before it. Th...
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AND THUS SHALL THOU DO UNTO THEM, TO CLEANSE THEM,.... Or order Aaron
to do unto them; the cleansing of the Levites was the work of Aaron,
either by himself or by his order; in which he was a type of...
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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them
wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.
Ver. 7....
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[THE CLEANSING THE LEUITES.]
1 How the lampes are to be lighted.
5 The consecration of the Leuites.
23 The age and time of their seruice.
1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto Aar...
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And thus shalt thou do unto them to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
purifying upon them, probably water mingled with the ashes of the
sin-offering, Leviticus 3:12, the act being symbolical of the wash...
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THE PURIFYING OF THE LEVITES...
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THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LAMPS
(vs.1-4)
It may seem strange that this one subject of the lampstand and the
arranging of the lamps should be introduced in this place. But the
previous Chapter s have bee...
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LET THEM SHAVE:
_ Heb._ let them cause a razor to pass over, etc...
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5-26 Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the
Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to
themselves, but were called of God to it; nor was it enough that they
wer...
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OF PURIFYING, Heb. _of sin_, i.e. for the expiation of sin. This water
was mixed with the ashes of a red heifer, NUMBERS 19:9, which
therefore may seem to have been prescribed before, though it be
men...
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"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto
him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light
over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted th...
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Numbers 8:7 do H6213 (H8799) cleanse H2891 (H8763) Sprinkle H5137
(H8685) water H4325 purification H2403 shave...
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THE METHOD OF CLEANSING. THE PURIFYING, WASHING OF CLOTHES AND
PREPARATION FOR THE MAKING OF ATONEMENT (NUMBERS 8:7).
Numbers 8:7
“ And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them. Sprinkle the water...
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Numbers 8:5. _And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites
from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them._
These men were to be the servants of God; they are the type of God's
elect,...
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CONTENTS: Cleansing of the Levites for the ministry of the tabernacle.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron.
CONCLUSION: All Christians, and especially ministers, should cleanse
themselves from all filthin...
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Numbers 8:7. _Water of purifying,_ or _the water of sin,_ made with
the ashes of the red heifer. Numbers 19:9.
Numbers 8:19. _To do the service._ The great and awful work of
expiation belongs solely t...
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_Take the Levites and cleanse them._
THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF CLEANSING
Here we have, in type, the only Divine principle of cleansing. It is
the application of death to nature and all its habits. It i...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 8:5__ The Levites took the place of the
firstborn Israelites (vv. Numbers 8:16). Their cleansing made them fit
to be offered to God. The leaders then laid hands on them, symbol
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 8:1. (Compare Exodus 25:31; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 37:17;...
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EXPOSITION
THE HALLOWING OF THE LEVITES (Numbers 8:5-4).
NUMBERS 8:5
THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. At some time subsequent to the command
given in...
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto
him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps that shall give light
there in the candlestick. And so Aaron lighted the lamps of t...
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1 Peter 3:21; Exodus 19:10; Ezekiel 36:25; Genesis 35:2; Hebrews 9:10;
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Of purifying — Heb. of sin, that is, for the expiation of sin. This
water was mixed with the ashes of a red heifer, Numbers 19:9, which
therefore may seem to have been prescribed before, though it be...