John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Numbers 18 This chapter gives an account of the distinct work and service of the priests and Levites, Numbers 18:1; and of several things given to the priests for their maintenance, Numbers 18:8; and of the tithes the Levites should have to live upon, since they were to have no inheritance in the land of Israel, Numbers 18:20; and of the tenth out of those tithes they were to give...
John Gill
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites, from among the children of Israel,.... [See comments on Numbers 3:12]; where the same is said, only they, are here called the brethren of the priests for the reason given, Numbers 18:2; to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; [See comments on Numbers 3:7], [See comments on...
Matthew Henry
Aaron being now fully established in the priesthood abundantly to his own satisfaction, and to the satisfaction of the people (which was the good that God brought out of the evil opposition made to him), in this chapter God gives him full instructions concerning his office or rather repeats those which he had before given him. He tells him, I. What must be his work and the care and charge...