Numbers 3:32

_AND ELEAZAR THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST SHALL BE CHIEF OVER THE CHIEF OF THE LEVITES, AND HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OF THEM THAT KEEP THE CHARGE OF THE SANCTUARY._ Chief over the chief of the Levites, х_ UWNSIY'_ (H5387) _ NªSIY'EEY_ (H5387) _ HA-LEEWIY_ (H3881), the prince of the princes] - prince or chief of the whole tribe of Levi. Three persons are mentioned as chiefs of those respective divisions: and Eleazar presided over them; whence he is called "the second priest" (2 Kings 25:18); and in case of the high priest's absence from illness or other necessary occasions, he performed the duties. But it appears from the statement made in this verse that the actual high priest was not constituted prince of his tribe, as that would ha

14-39 The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little flock in comparison with the world....

Of the Levites, the Kohathites, the kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, and the most numerous, have the most important charge confided to them, namely, that of the ark, the altars, and the more especially sacred furniture generally....

EXPOSITION THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE FIRSTBORN (Numbers 3:1). NUMBERS 3:1 THESE … ARE THE GENERATIONS OF AARON AND MOSES. The word "generations" (_toledoth_)_ _is used here in a peculiar and, so to speak, technical sense, with reference to what follows, as in Genesis 2:4; Genesis 6:9. It marks a new departure,_ _looking _down, _

AND ELEAZAR THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST,.... Who was of the first of these families, the Amramites: [SHALL BE] CHIEF OVER THE CHIEF OF THE LEVITES; over the three chiefs of the three houses of the Levites, who were Eliasaph the son of Lael, the chief of the Gershonites; and Elizaphan the son of Uzziel, the chief of the Kohathites; and Zuriel the son of Abihail, the chief of the Merarites: [AND HAVE] THE OVERSIGHT OF THEM THAT KEEP THE CHARGE OF THE SANCTUARY; the Kohathites, who had the care of the things belonging to the holy and most holy places; and these were particularly under the inspection of Eleazar, because they were things the priests had a, special concern in; see Numbers 4:32....

3. THE LEVITES AND THEIR MINISTRATIONS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The generations of the priests (Numbers 3:1)_ 2. The tribe of Levi and their ministry (Numbers 3:5) 3. The Levites substituted for all the first-born (Numbers 3:11) 4. The numbering of the Levites ordered (Numbers 3:14) 5. Gershon (Numbers 3:21) 6. Kohath (Numbers 3:27) 7. Merari ...

THE NUMBERS OF THE LEVITES, THEIR POSITION AND DUTIES. The census here described included all Levites above one month, whose numbers amounted to 22,000. Their three divisions, when the camp was stationary, formed a _cordon_ round the Tabernacle. The Gershonites on the W. had the care of the external hangings, the Kohathites on the S. that of the contents, the Merarites on the N. that of the framework. On the E., the position of most honour, Moses, Aaron, and the priests had their station. NUMBERS 3:25. THE TABERNACLE: _ i.e._ the linen curtains of Exodus 26:1 *. THE TENT: _ i.e._ the goats-' -hair curtains of Exodus 26:7_._ THE COVERING: _ i.e._ the rams'skins of...

CHIEF OVER THE CHIEF. Hebrew. "chief of the chief". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), being. kind of _Enallage_ (App-6)....

The Levitical families and their duties. Notice that _narrative_in Numbers 3:21 f., Numbers 3:27 f., Numbers 3:33 f., Numbers 3:39 alternates with _commands in Numbers 3:23; Numbers 3:29; Numbers 3:35_. It is one of the many indications that the priestly portions of the book were the composite work of more than one writer....

AND ELEAZAR, THE SON OF AARON,—SHALL BE CHIEF— There was an officer in chief set over each of these families, Numbers 32:24; Numbers 32:30; Numbers 32:35 and over all these chiefs a supreme inspector was appointed. The excellent order and regularity observable through this whole disposition of the camp, the services of the Levites, &c. is striking....