Numbers 4:3
thirty years.8:24-26; Ge 41:46; 1Ch 23:3,24-27; 28:12,13; Lu 3:23; 1Ti 3:6enter.2Ki 11:4-12; 2Ch 23:1-11; 2Co 10:3,4; Eph 6:10-18; 1Ti 1:18to do.3:7,8; 16:9; 1Ch 6:48; 23:4,5,28-32; 1Ti 3:11 Chronicles 23:24-32
the sons of Levi.Nu 10:17,21after the house.Nu 1:4; 2:32; 3:15,20; 4:34-49by their polls.Nu 1:2,18,22; 3:47from the age.At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple which was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this latter period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue to serve. See the Note on Nu 8:24. twenty.3,27; Nu 1:3; 4:3; 8:24; Ezr 3:8 The Lord.22:18; 2Sa 7:1,11that they may dwell in Jerusalem. or, and he dwelleth inJerusalem. 1Ki 8:13,27; Ps 9:11; 68:16,18; 132:13,14; 135:21; Isa 8:18Joe 3:21; Zec 8:3; 2Co 6:16; Col 2:9 carry.Nu 4:5,49; 7:9 by the last.3,24; 2Sa 23:1; Ps 72:20numbered. Heb. numbers. office was to wait, etc. Heb. station was at the hand ofAaron. 18:17; *marg:Ne 11:24for the service.4; 28:13; Nu 3:6-9; 1Ki 6:5; 2Ch 31:11; Ezr 8:29; Ne 13:4,5,9Jer 35:4; Eze 41:6-11,26; 42:3,13purifying.9:28,29; 2Ch 29:5,18,19; 35:3-6,11-14 for the shewbread.It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord; and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new. 9:31,32; Ex 25:30; Le 24:5-9; 1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 13:11; 29:18; Ne 10:33Mt 12:4; Heb 9:2the fine flour.9:29-34; Le 6:20-23unleavened.Le 2:4-7; 7:9pan. or, flat plate. for all manner of measure.The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary; and therefore the Levites had the inspection of weights and measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be committed. Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and hence the Levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to superintend the former, as well as the latter. Le 19:35,36; Nu 3:50 stand.6:31-33; 9:33; 16:37-42; 25:1-7; 2Ch 29:25-28; 31:2; Ezr 3:10,11Ps 135:1-3,19,20; 137:2-4; Re 5:8-14; 14:3every morning.Ex 29:39-42; Ps 92:1-3; 134:1,2 in the sabbaths.Le 23:24,39; Nu 10:10; Ps 81:1-4; Isa 1:13,14set feasts.Le 23:1-17; Nu 28:1-29:40 keep.9:27; Nu 1:53; 1Ki 8:4the charge of the sons.Nu 3:6-9,38
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