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Numbers 8:19 KJV
Numbers · chapter 8 · verse 19
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.Numbers 8:19 · King James Version
Numbers 8:19 in context
17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationmôwʻêdproperly, an appointmentH4150 →
- tabernacleʼôhela tentH168 →
- atonementkâpharto coverH3722 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- serviceʻăbôdâhwork of any kindH5656 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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We read before of the separating of the Levites from among the children of Israel when they were numbered, and the numbering of them by themselves (Num 3:6, Num 3:15), that they might be employed in the service of the tabernacle.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-26