h Heb. For a wave-offering. Of which ſee Exod. 29. 24. Not that wave- Aaron did ſo wavethem, which he could not do, but that he cau- offering. ſed or commanded them to imitate that motion, and to wave | Heb. .hemfelves towards the ſeveral parts of the world: whereby they they maybe might ſignifie their readineſs to ſerve God, according to their ca- 70 execute, pacity whereſoever they ſhould be. Thoughthe word may be ta- &c. ken more generally for any offering made ro God, as Exod, 35- 22.
12 And the Levites ſhal lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks j: and thou ſhalt offer the one for a ſin- cffering, and the other fora burnt-offering unto the LORD. to make an atonement for the Levites,
z; To ſignifie thar they were offered by them and for them. See
Exod: 29: 16, 19. Levit: 1: 4. and 3: 2 and 4: 4. 1 13 Andthou ſhalt ſer the Levites before Aaron and bef-re his ſons &, and ofter them for an offering unto the LORD |
k (ie: ) Putthem into the power of Aaron and his ſons, go em- ploy them in holy miniſtration : for ſo that phraſe is ſometimes uſed, as Gen: 13. 9. theland is before thee, 3. e. in thy power, to uſe or enjoy it Or, ſetting rhe Levites before them, did ſignifie the giving the Levites to them, or to the r ſervice. 7 Forto him they were firſt properly offered, and by him given to the Prieſts in order to his ſervice.
14 Thus (balt thou ſeparate the Levites from among - che children of Iſrael, and the Levites ſhal be * mine. * cb. 3.45.
15 And after that ſhal the Levites go in m2, to do the ſervice of the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou thalt cleanſe them, and offer them for an offering,
m To wit, into the Court, where they were ro wait upon the Prieſts at the Altar of burnt-offering ; and, at prefent, into the Tas bernacle, to rake it down and ſer it up.
16 For they are wholiy givenunto me » from among the children of Urae] : in ſtead of fuch as open every *c<. ;.r3
womb, * cven in fead of the firſt-born ofall the children Exod.13:>; of Iſrael have | taken them unto me. Luk:
- 3 3523, n By the peoples conſent, as well as taken ( as it follows ) by my choice and command. See Numb. 3. g.
17 * Forall the ficſt-born of the children of Ifrael +p,,q.r; are mine, beth man and beaſt : on the day that I ſmote «, 12, rs. every tirſt-born in the land of Egypt, I ſanGified them ch. 3. 13- for my ſelf, | Luk.2, 23- 18 And Ihave taken the Levites for all the firft-born of the children of Iſrael. * ch 19 And * L have given the Levites asa | gift to Aaron, + Heb. $7 and to his ſons, from among the children of Iſrael,to do ver. the ſervice ofthe children of Iſrael o, in the tabernacle p of the congregation, and * to make an atonement for * ch.1. 53 the chiidren of Iſrael q 3 that chere be no plague r among the children of Iſrael, when the children of Irael come nigh unto the ſanctuary. 0 (7. e. ) To ſerve God in their ſtead and behalf, to do whar 0+
in it, ſee on verſe 15, q Not by offering Sacrifices, which the Prietts alone mighr do, bur by affiſting the Prieſts in that ex- piatory work, and by a diligent performance of all the parts of
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.21 nd the Levites were purified 5, and they waſhed derances ef ib aa _ t argc ch think that other hin- mane their clothes: and Aaron offered them as an offerin tas orby any other ſuch prom Bay if one be hindred by | dap. before the LORD, and Aaron made an aton f . of = a p_ both from the nature of = Fannels ; Which may them, to cleanſe them. ement LOor = Sag —_— iS = ſame ia other caſes po 1 Boaep reaſon
s Which was d , : 7 SIM : e to other caſes, 2 Chron. 3 e applica- R And after that went the LR intel dbtheir (or they ſhalt & ourtsenth day of theſecond month at e vice in thetabernacle of the congregati ” of hy eep it, andeat it with unleavened b Yen *2 Chron, Store bi : gregation,before Aaron, itter herbs. ed bread and 3: 2,15 : M F EIOre his {ans t:; as the LORD had commanded 12 * They that 1 : 215o OIes.CO 1 - : | al 1CaVe 5 : _ 6 ape tel HEL eriees, ſo did they unto them. | * nor break any bone © "mg of it unto the morning 7, * Exod. | 2 preſence, and by their dire&ion and appointment. nances of th {ih i. + TE ding toall the © ll. T2. 10 I *; Chron wy, Thi ye cri po : pake unto Moſes, laying, [ But thorns bk he. ſhal keep it. "Exod {4 : $ is it that belongeth unto, th 58 £5. WH rn it before that ti Le | 23. 24: | 'g o the Levites: from 12 But the man 7 _ een Num. 1.3. CORY and five years 01d s and upward, they ſhal go in and forbeareth ons zs clean,and is not in a journe FEEL9I0 + Heb. o | £0 wait upon the ſervice of the tab { to keep the paſfoyer cy Þ Dock gregation tabernacle of the con- | foul ſhal be cut off from his peop! fat even the ſame EET of Oo am aren+.-4- 3. not the offering of the LORD En ecauſe he brought Th ©ficb OE And from the age of fifty years they ſhal 7 ceaſe qyrme = bear his fin. appointed Icafon : [| - **- waiting upo 2 . 'hrough contempt | eur from — ( z: 5" Up _ ſervice thereof x,and (hal ſerve no mOre: impediments, as hadors: ornegleCt, without theſe or any other juſt the warfare : &: pon the difficult and cumberſom fthei 14 And if SO of the ſer- , 26 But hal niiniſter wi . e part oftheir work. | . 4 And if a ſtranger » (hal fſoj | pY . | r with their brethren y in the ta will keep tl p ojourn among yo [. -- Jn wice. bernacle of the congregation to k J * EP tne paſſover unto the LORD you, and | 38.26
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