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Numbers 18:5 KJV
Numbers · chapter 18 · verse 5
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.Numbers 18:5 · King James Version
Numbers 18:5 in context
3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
4And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctuaryqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- chargemishmerethwatchH4931 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- wrathqetsepha splinterH7110 →
- keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
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The coherence of this chapter with that foregoing is very observable. I. The people, in the close of that chapter, had complained of the difficulty and peril that there were in drawing near to God, which put them under some dreadful apprehensions that the tabernacle in the midst of them, which they hoped would have…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7