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Preparation Precedes Service
Commentators emphasize the verse's opening, "And after that." The Levites began their ministry only after their purification and dedication rites were complete. This serves as a powerful model for Christians: our service to God should flow from our cleansing through Christ. As one scholar puts it, we must first give ourselves to the Lord, and then our services.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Numbers 8:19–22
19th Century
Preacher
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
On Numbers 8:22
16th Century
Theologian
And after that went the Levites in to do their service. In these words, Moses signifies that, in the type, nothing was omitted concerning …
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John Gill
On Numbers 8:22
17th Century
Pastor
And after that went the Levites in into the court of the tabernacle, being at the door of it when the above rites and cer…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 8:5–26
17th Century
Minister
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…