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Provision for Full-Time Service
Commentators explain that the priests were denied a land inheritance to free them for full-time ministry. Since they were dedicated to the service of the tabernacle and teaching the people, God ensured their provision through the tithes and offerings from the other tribes. This compensated them for their lack of land and allowed them to focus on their sacred duties without the distraction of farming.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 18:20
18th Century
Theologian
I am thy part and thine inheritance — Compare the marginal references.
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 18:20
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt have no inheritance ... — Aaron is addressed in this verse as the representative of the priesthood. He himself…
John Calvin
On Numbers 18:20
16th Century
Theologian
And the Lord spoke to Aaron. This passage refers only in general to the payment of those tithes which were common to all the Levites. We w…
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John Gill
On Numbers 18:20
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord spoke to Aaron
What is said, being what concerned the tribe of Levi, at the head of which Aaron was, ev…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 18:20–32
17th Century
Minister
As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their In…