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You shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and you shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
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A Public Calling
Commentators explain that "the whole congregation" refers to the representatives of the people, such as tribal leaders and elders. This public ceremony demonstrated that the Levites were not self-appointed but were officially called by God and set apart by the community for their sacred duties.
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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
The whole assembly of the children of Israel —that is, as elsewhere, the representatives of the people.
Baptist
There is no true way of serving God without the atonement.
Leave that out, and you have left out the vital part of the whole.
What serv…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation Not without…
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…
