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A New and Specific Task
Commentators note that this verse introduces a new and distinct census from the one in the previous chapter. The first census was general, but this one, as John Calvin explains, was for the specific purpose of distributing responsibilities for tabernacle service. This shows God's meticulous and orderly approach to worship and service.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Numbers 4:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
There were three families, those of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari, and to each of these families a different service was allotted.
- They …
John Calvin
On Numbers 4:1
16th Century
Theologian
And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron. This census had a different objective from the former one we have just been considering…
John Gill
On Numbers 4:1
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord spoke to Moses, and to Aaron
After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of th…
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 4:1–3
17th Century
Minister
The middle-aged men of the tribe of Levi, all from thirty years old to fifty, were to be employed in the service of the tabernacle. The service of …