CHAPTER IV _Moses is commanded to take the sum of the sons of_ Kohath _from_ _thirty years old and upward_, 1-4. _The service which they had to perform_, 5-15. _The office of_ Eleazar, 16. _The family of_ Kohath _to be continued among the Levites_, 17-19. _They are not to go into the holy of h... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 4:3. _FROM THIRTY YEARS OLD_] In Numbers 8:24, the Levites are ordered to enter on the service of the tabernacle at the age of _twenty-five_ years; and in 1 Chronicles 23:24, they were ordered to commence that work at _twenty_ years of age. How can these different times be reconciled?... [ Continue Reading ]
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 was put out of sight, for these mysteries must ever be treated with the deepest reverence; and indeed... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 4:36. _THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED_] In Numbers 3:27, c., we have an account of the whole number of the Levites, and here of those only who were _able to serve the Lord in the sanctuary_. By comparing the two places we find the numbers to stand thus: -... [ Continue Reading ]