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According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
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A Sacred Responsibility
Commentators explain that the Kohathites, numbering 8,600, were given the most critical and honored task among the Levites: guarding the sanctuary's most sacred items, including the Ark of the Covenant and the holy altars. Their significant number corresponded to their weighty responsibility at the center of Israel's worship.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Of the Levites, the Kohathites, the kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, and the most numerous, have the most important charge confided to them, namely, tha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upwards, [were] eight thousand and six hundred…
The Levites were in three classes according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendant…
