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Numbers 4:19 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 19
But 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:Numbers 4:19 · King James Version
Numbers 4:19 in context
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.
21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- approachnâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
- appointsûwmto putH7760 →
- serviceʻăbôdâhwork of any kindH5656 →
- AaronʼAhărôwnAharon, the brother of MosesH175 →
- livechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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