And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
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As a gift. —Hebrew, given, as in Numbers 8:16.
That there be no plague among the children of Israel.

How instructive all this is to us! We are not to begin blunderingly to serve God while we are yet in our sins, – before we have been sprinkled with…

And I have given the Levites. He declares on what terms He desires to have them as His own, namely, that they may be directed by Aaron and…

And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and his
sons, from among the children of Israel…

Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they did not take this honor to themselves, but were ca…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes