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After that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
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Cleansed for Service
Commentators explain that before the Levites could begin their duties, they had to be solemnly cleansed and dedicated. This involved purification with water and being presented as a special offering. Scholars like Matthew Henry see this as a powerful picture of the Christian life: we are cleansed by the work of Christ before we can be fit to serve God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Levites could only undertake their duties (Numbers 3; Numbers 4) after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-…
19th Century
Anglican
And after that the Levites shall go in ... — that is, into the court of the Tabernacle to keep watch there, and to assist the prie…
Baptist
An offering must be presented for us before we can offer ourselves as an offering to God.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And after that shall the Levites go in Not into the sanctuary, where only the priests entered, much less into the mo…
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…
