1324 matching verse commentaries
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. The same man, who, with his brother Mishael, carried Nadab and Abihu out of the camp, and buried them, Leviticus 10:4; he descended from the last and youngest of the families of the Kohathites; and some think this was one reason at...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And their charge [shall be] the ark,.... That is, when the tabernacle was taken down, and carried from place to place, this, and the following things, were committed to their care and custody, the ark with the mercy seat, and all appertaining thereunto, which were in the holy of holies: and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars; the table...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,.... Who was of the first of these families, the Amramites: [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites; over the three chiefs of the three houses of the Levites, who were Eliasaph the son of Lael, the chief of the Gershonites; and Elizaphan the son of Uzziel, the chief of the Kohathites; and Zuriel the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Of Merari [were] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,.... So called from his two sons Mahli and Mushi, Numbers 3:20; these [are] the families of Merari; the youngest son of Levi, Numbers 3:17.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And those that were numbered of them,.... Of the above two families: according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand and two hundred; 6,200 men; the least number of them all.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari,.... I think it should rather be rendered, "and the chief of the house", that is, of the Merarites, "the father to the families of Merari"; the common father to them all, having the chief authority and power over them, and so in Numbers 3:24; [shall be] Zuriel the son of Abihail;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle,.... Both of the holy and the most holy place, which were the walls of the tabernacle, and which were covered with curtains; these when taken down for journeying were committed to the care of the Merarites; and because these, with what, follow, were a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the pillars of the court round about,.... Of the great court which went round the tabernacle, on which pillars the hangings were hung: and their sockets; into which the, pillars were put; of both which see Exodus 27:9; and their pins, and their cords, the pins were fixed in the ground, and the cords fastened the hangings of the court to them,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east,.... At which was the entrance into the tabernacle: [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward; that is, before the court of the tabernacle, where the people assembled together: [shall be] Moses, Aaron, and his sons; Moses the chief ruler, and Aaron the high priest, and his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron, numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families,.... Whence it appears, that Moses was not alone, but Aaron with him, in numbering the Levites, and that by the appointment of the Lord. The word "Aaron", in the Hebrew text, has a dot on every letter, for what reason it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord said unto Moses,.... After he had taken the number of the Levites: number all the firstborn of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names; that they might be compared with the number of the Levites, and the difference between them observed.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shall take the Levites for me,.... For his service, to minister to his priests, and serve in his tabernacle: I [am] the Lord; who has a right to all, and can claim who he pleases for himself in a special manner, and therefore could and did take the Levites to himself: instead of the firstborn among the children of Israel; these he had...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him,.... No doubt assisted by others, though not mentioned: all the firstborn among the children of Israel; which some think were only those that were born since they came out of Egypt, as Bonfrerius, Bishop Patrick, and others.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the firstborn males,.... For such only were ordered to be numbered, and not firstborn females: by the number of names; which were particularly taken: from a month old and upward; for before that time they were not sanctified to the Lord, nor subject to the redemption price: of those that were numbered of them [were] twenty and two thousand...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After the number was taken, and gave him directions what to do upon it: saying; as follows.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel,.... The Lord had declared before that he had taken them, and now he bids Moses take them, who had numbered them, and give them to Aaron, instead of the firstborn, whose numbers were also taken for this purpose: and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; but not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And for those that are to be redeemed, c. With money, there being not Levites enough to answer to them, and exchange for them: of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites for the sum total of the Levites, as given, was but 22,000, Numbers 3:39, whereas the sum total of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou shall even take five shekels apiece the poll,.... Or head; every firstborn, or his parent for him, was bound to pay five shekels, which were about eleven or twelve shillings of our money, and which was afterwards settled as the price of such a redemption, Numbers 18:16; after the shekel of the sanctuary shall thou take [them]; being full...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,.... Or the superfluous number, the number of them that exceeded the Levites, namely, two hundred seventy three; the price of their redemption is ordered to be given unto Aaron, and to his sons; since the Levites were taken in lieu of the firstborn, whose redemption...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Moses took the redemption money,.... Of five shekels per head: of them that were over and above redeemed by the Levites; or were more than those redeemed by them. A Levite redeemed a firstborn, or freed him from the redemption price, being taken in lieu of him: 22,000 Levites were answerable to 22,000 firstborn of Israel; but as there were no...