32 Theſe are thoſe, which were numbred of the chil- dren of Iſrael, by the houſe of their fathers ; all thoſe chat were numbred of the camps throughout their hoſts, ere {ix hundred thouſand and three thouſand and five hundred and fifty. |
33 Butche Levices were not numbred & among the children of Iſracl, as the LORD commanded Moſes.
k Becauſe their warfare was of another kind. 34 And the children of Ifrael did acccording to all chat the LORD commanded Moſes : ſo they pitched by their ſtandards}, and fo they ſet forward, every one after
cheir families, according to the houſe of their fathers, {( i.e. ) Each of them under his principal Standard.
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The Genealogie of Moſes, Aaron, and his ſons, Nadab and Abihu, 1 —4. The Levites are joyned with them in the Admmiſtration of the Tabernacle, g—10. Inſtead of all the firſt-born, 11 —13. The three Families of the Levites mumbred, 14 39 The firſt-bern numbred, 40-==-43s Being more than the Levites, ſome of them are redeemed, and the Money given to Aaron and his Sons, 44 GT.
Heſe 4 alſo are the generations b of Aaron and
Moſes, in the day :4a: the LORD ſpake. with Moſes in Mount Sinai c.
#s Which follow in this Chapter. 6b(73.e. ) Either r. The things done by them ; as the word generation is ſometimes uſed, as Gen: 6: 9: and 25:19:and 37-2. Or rather 2. The Kindred or Family, for that is the ſubje& of this Chapter,and nor their events or a&ions. Obj. Aarons Family indeed is here mentioned, but not Moſes his Family. Anſw. Moſes his Family and Children are here included under the genera? name of the Amramite, werſe 27. which includes all the Children'and Grand-children of Amram, the perſons only of Aaron and Moſes bein excepted. And the generations of Moſes are thus obſcurely garters, becauſe they were but common Levites, the Prieftheod being given ſolely to Aarons poſterity, whence Aaron is here put before Moſes, who elſewhere 1s commonly named after him. «c This ſeems to be added, becauſe Nadav and A4bihu mentioned verſe 2. were then alive, though deadat the time of taking this account. A
2 And theſe are the names of the ſons of Aaron ; Nadab the * ficit-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Itha- mar
3 Theſe are the names of the ſons of Aaron, the prieſts which were anointed, + whom he conſecrated co mini-
ſter in the pricits office, of 4
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4 * And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered ſtrange fire before the LORD, in che wilderneſs of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and Ithamar miniſtred in the prieſts office 1n the ſight of Aaron 4 their father. :
4 In the time of Aarors life, as this phraſe is taken, Numb: 3: 4. See alſo Pſak72:5,17. and under their fathers inſpeRion and direttion, and as their Fathers Servants or Miniſters in the Priefts-office : for Servants are oft deſcribed by this phraſe of being, or ſfanading, or ſerving in the ſight or preſence of their Maſter.
5 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſcs, faying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and preſent them e before Aaron the prieſt, that they may miniſter unto him,
e Off:r them to the Lord for his ſpecial ſervice. This was promiſed to then» before, and now aQually conferred upon thern.
7 And they ſhall keep his charge f, and the charge of the whole congregation g before the tabernacle þ of the congregation, to do the ſervice of the tabernacle,
f(7i.e-) Aarons charge, or thoſe things which are committed principally to Azrons care and overſight, and under him and his dire&ion to the Levites. g (3.e. ) Of all the ſacrifices and ſervices which are due to the Lord from all the people, and becauſe all rhe
. people could not and might not perform them, or at leaſt diverſe of them, in their own perſons, therefore they were to be performed by ſome particular perſons in their nameand ſtead ; formerly by the firſt-born, Numb: 8: 16; and now by the Levites, See Numb: 1; 53: and 16: 9. hþ Emphatically ; not within the Tabernacle, for the care of theſe things within the holy place was appropriated to the Prieſts, as the care of the moſt holy place was Peculiar to the High- Prieſt.
8 And they ball keep all the inſtruments of the taber-
nacle of the congregation, and the charge of thechildren
of Ifrael 3, to do the ſervice of the tabernacle. 7 Thoſe things which all the children of J/-2el are in their ſeveral places and ſtations obliged to take care of, though not in their per-
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20 And the ſons of Merari by their families ; Mahli and Muſhi : theſe are the families of the Levites, accor- ding to the houſe of their fathers.
21 Of Gerſhon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites : theſe are the families of the Gerſhonites.
22 Thoſe that were numbred of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even thoſe that were numbred of them, vere ſeven thouſand and five hundred.
23 The families of the Gerſkonites ſhall pitch behind the tabernacle weſtward.
24 And the chief of the hou ſe ofthe father of the Gerſhonites ſhall be Eliaſaph the ſon of Lael,
25 And the charge of the ſons of Gerſhon, in the taber- nacle of the congregation, ſhall be the * tabernacle q, and the * tent r, * the covering thereof s, and the * hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -
curtains mentioned Exed: 26: 1, 7 To wit, the curtains of goats Hair. s( 7.2.) The coverings, of Rams-skins and Badgers-skias. See Numb. 4: 25. s 26. And the * hangings of the court, and the * cur-
tain for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and the cords of it z, for all the ſervice thereof. ;
: By which the Tabernacle was faſtned to the pins, and ſtretched out, Exod. 35:18.
27 Andof Kohath « vas the fanuly of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : theſe are
the families of the Kohathites. us This family had many priviledges above the others : Of that
tons, yet by others” in their ſtead. ; 9 And * thou ſhalt give the Levites unto Aaron and