And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel in case the people of Israel should come near the sanctuary."
Commentaries
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Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
As a gift. —Hebrew, given, as in Numbers 8:16.
That there be no plague among the children of Israel.
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and his
sons, from among the children of Israel
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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