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Numbers 4:18 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:Numbers 4:18 · King James Version
Numbers 4:18 in context
16And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
17And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
19But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- KohathitesQŏhâthîya Kohathite or descendants of KehathH6956 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- tribeshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
- amongtâveka bisectionH8432 →
- offkârathto cutH3772 →
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We have here a second muster of the tribe of Levi. As that tribe was taken out of all Israel to be God's peculiar, so the middle-aged men of that tribe were taken from among the rest to be actually employed in the service of the tabernacle. Now observe, I. Who were to be taken into this number.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20