+ Guard. »7. e. The houſe of Aſuppim, as it is called v. 15- where alſo itis ſaid to be on rhe Sourh ſide; on which there ſeems to have been a double Guard both belonging to Obed-edos, wv. 15. one at the South-gate, and the other at Aſuppim ; where poſſibly the Sacred Treaſures mentioned m. 20. &c, were lay'd up, and therefore a particular Guard was neceſfary. See on v. 15.
18 At Parbar s weltward, four at the cauſey rt, and
two at Parbar «.
s Or, As concerning Parbar, which was another Gate, or fome building on the Weſtern Quarter of the Temple. #& Which led to Parbar. u At the Gate or Houſe itſelf ; by which it may ſeem, thar this was a place of ſome importance, eirher the veſſels of the Temple, or ſome part of the Treatures of Gods Houſe, being kept here.
19 Fheſfe are the diviſions of the porters among the ſons of Kore, and among the ſons of Merari, 20 And ofthe Levites, Ahijah »as over the treaſures
of the | dedicate things -.
x Either theſe are the ſame kind of Treaſures, the latter Phraſe only explaining the former, the particle and being uſed for that u : orrather they are two different kinds of Treaſures, the former con-
Heb. 68: herings,
* Mal. 3. 190.
{| Heb: holy Bharngs,
e Taking away the Birth-right from the Firſt-born, either abſo- |
{ ſervice of the King ».
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taining the Sacred Veſſels and other Treaſures, whichty Geds Com- mand were 2pprepriated to the Maintenance cf the Houſe, and Worſhip, and Miniſters of Godgas Tithes and Fiift-f-uits, and cther things; and the Jatrer only thoſe things which had been freely TiVeEn or dedicated ro God for thoſe Ends ; of which 1ce v. 26, 27,
21 As cencerning the ſons of || Laadan : the ſons of | Or® the Gerſhonite Laadan, chief fathers y, even of Laadan ;;, the Gerſhonite were || Jehieli z.
7 i.e. Which ſons were chief Fathers, or Heads of the Houſes of their Fathers. z Underſtand here, and hs ſons, which here Jehiel, follow. Ch. 23.8
22 The ſons of Jehieli ; Zetham, and Joel his bro. ther, which were over the treaſures of the Houle of the LORD a.
# As Shelomith and his Brethren were over the Treaſures of the dedicated things, werſe, 26. Burt both may ſeem to have been fubje& and accountable to Akijah, who was over both theſe kinds of Treaſures, v.20, Or Az:jah might have a g2reral overſight into the Mana« gement of thoſe Treaſures as an Auditor of the Accounts, although the others had more dignity and power 1n tbe diſpoſal of them.
23 Ofthe Amramice, a»d the Izharite, the Hebronite, and the Uzziclite b. os
b Or, AS cOncer 111g the Amramite, &c. The mea ng IS, The perſons here following were of theſe, or themoſt of theſe Families. | Only here is none of the Family of the Uzzielites 3 either becauſe that Family was now extin& ; whence it is that we read no more of them in the Scriprure, bur only in this place, and Num. 3. 27. or becauſe there was none of them tit to be employ'd and truſted in theſe Matters. :
24 And * Shebuel the ſon of Gerſhom, the ſon of Moſes, was ruler of the treaſures c.
c The Prince or Chiefover all thz Treaſures, and Treaſures men« tioned either before or aſterward, as his very Title ſhews, which 1s particularly given to him and to none of the reſt.
25 And his brethren by Eliezer 4; Rehabiah his ſon, and Jeſhajah his ſon, and Joram his ſon, and Zichri his fon, and * Shelomith his ſon :
a Another Son of Moſes, Exod 18. 4.
26 Which Shelomith and his brethren, were over all the treaſures of the dedicate things, which David che king, and the chief fathers, the Caprains over thouſands and hundreds, aad the Captains of the hoſk had dedicated.
27 | Out of the ſpoils won in battels,did they dedicate + Heb: to f maintain e the Houſe of the LORD. hes
r Heb. To ſtrengchen it, either to mak: that building ſtrong and are; au ſubſtantial by thele and other charges : or rather to repair it when pojl; it ſhould be built; for which they might the rather rake particular 4 Hey Care, becauſe it was likely, that every one would contribute tothe frrengthen. building of the Temple, and there would be no want for that uſe Z but few would provide for the Repairs of ir, when by the Injury of Men ortime, it ſhould receive any damage.
28 Andall that Samuel the * Seer, and Saul the ſon » - of Kiſh, and Abner the ſon of Ner, and Joab the ſon 9. 9, % of Zerujah had dedicated, and whoſoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith f, and ot his brethren. ;
f Who is particularly named here, and v. 26. becauſe they were chiefly commirted to his Truſt, he being, it ſeems, a Perſon of Eminent Wiſdom and Faithfulnefs. .
29 Of the Izharice, Chenaniah and his ſons g were for the outward bulineſs þ over Iſrael i for Officers and judges &,
£ Who are probably thought to have been 1600, for that Suny added to the 1760, v. 3o, and the 2700, wv. 32. make up thole 6o9s Levites which were Officers and Judges, 1 Chorn. 23.4, b For that bulineſs of the Lord and of the King ( as it is explained here, wv. 3o.
32.) which was to be done without the Temple and without Feruſalem; for what was to be done within them was committed to other hands; as we have ſeen. # Synecdochically, 5. e. over part of Iſrael, even over the Midiand part, and that which lay upon the | Sea-Coaſt . for the other parts of the Land on both ſides of Jorden are here committed to others, v. zo, 31, 32. k Who ſhall be Offi cers and Judges over the People, in the ſeveral! Cities and Towns or Parts of the Land, to determine Queſtions and Controverſies which might ariſe among them. And the reaſon why the Levites were intruſted with theſe matters was, becauſe the Common or Munici« pal Law of Jrael, by which _ had and held all their Rights, was no other than the Law of God, whereof the Prieſts and Levites being the beſt and eſtabliſhed Interpreters, muſt needs therefore be the moſt proper Judges of things depending there«
uUPpOon.
: 30 And ofthe Hebronite, Haſhabiah and his brethren,
men of valour, a thouſand and ſeven hundred were
+ officers, among them of Iſrael on this ſide Jordan weſtward 7, in all buſineſs of the LORD m,, andin the + px.y; '