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Numbers 3:6 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.Numbers 3:6 · King James Version
Numbers 3:6 in context
4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- presentʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- Bringqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- tribemaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
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Here, I. The family of Aaron is confirmed in the priests' office, Num 3:10. They had been called to it before, and consecrated; here they are appointed to wait on their priests' office: the apostle uses this phrase (Rom 12:7), Let us wait on our ministry.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13