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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,— There were three families, those of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari, and to each of these families a different service was allotted. First, they were to be numbered. “The Lord...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. They were to take up this work as a warfare; for, though it was a peaceful work, yet it is described as being a warfare: and he who serves the Lord, though that service be perfect peace, will not serve him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: They were to have to do with the most holy place, to carry it, and to carry the vessels of it, a very honourable position.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: and shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. These Kohathites might not so take the ark as to handle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: When they moved the sacred table, the bread was always there; twelve cakes for the twelve tribes, for the bread of God’s house is never lacking.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: A type of the holiness veiled in our Lord’s humanity, the badger skin made apparent the simplicity, the poverty, the humility of our Lord, covering evermore that wondrous cloth of blue.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins and shall put them on a bar: and they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: A royal altar is this, always grand and glorious in our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families, from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. This is the service of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. These men were to be the servants of God; they are the type of God’s elect, — a people set apart unto divine service, to be zealous for good works. “Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.” That is just the way...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. Then let them take a young bullock with his meat of offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: and thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou shalt let the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. We are to offer up to God our spirit, soul and body, which is our reasonable service; and if we be indeed God’s children, we are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. An offering must be presented for us before we can offer ourselves as an offering unto God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; Listen to this, you who trust that you are made like unto the elder Brother, and the firstborn from among the creatures of God:
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. For 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. And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of...