Numbers 8:2

THE. the face of the. CANDLESTICK. light-holder (as in Genesis 1:14), or lampstand. Compare Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 8:4

UNTO. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Onkelos Manuscript, and The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel read "and unto".... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 8:11

OFFER. Hebrew wave. See note on Exodus 29:27. OFFERING. Hebrew wave offering. See App-43. EXECUTE THE SERVICE. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). Hebrew "serve the service". perform the solemn service.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 8:12

THE LEVITES. Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), the verse beginning and ending with the same word. OFFER. prepare. Hebrew. _'asah._ App-43. ATONEMENT. See note on Exodus 29:33.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 8:24

TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD. This was the commencement of. five years' probation. The age, thirty, was the age of their numbering. See note on Numbers 4:3. TO WAIT, &C. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), as in verses: Numbers 8:11; Numbers 8:15; Numbers 8:19. Literally war the warfare.... [ Continue Reading ]

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