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jdangel2009.angelfire/ Numbers 3 3:1-51. Numeration of the Levites. A i 1-4. Priests. Their generations. k 5-9. Levites. Given out of the whole congregation. i 10. Priests. Their appointments. k 11-51. Substituted for the rest of the congregation. 1490 B.C. Numbers 3) 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses (the 12th occurrence, 11 in Gen., one here, one in Ruth 4:18-22, one in Matt.1:1, fourteen in all = 2 x 7 = double witness, conclusive, times spiritual perfection. 2 can also mean difference = opposition, enmity, and division) in the day that the Lord (Yehovah, Israels covenant God) spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. (see v.1) 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab (= liberal) the firstborn, and Abihu (God is my father), Eleazar (= help of God), and Ithamar (land of palms). 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priests office. (See Ex.28:41) 4 {And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests office in the sight of Aaron their father.} (This parenthetical statement is an undersigned coincidence referring to Lev. 10:1-7. Cp. Num. 26:61, and 1 Chron. 24:2.) 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and cause them to stand before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle (= the dwelling place of the Lord). 8 And they shall keep all the instruments (= vessels or furniture) of the tent of the congregation, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the dwelling place of the Lord. (The whole nation was responsible for this charge, but Levi was taken in substitution for the firstborn. Cp. vv.38,41 and cp. 8:16. Ex. 13:11-16.) 9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given (Heb. given, given for emphasis, hence called nethunim = given ones) to him out of the sons of Israel. 10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priests office: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. 11-51. Levites Substituted For The Firstborn. k l 11-13. Substitution of Levites for firstborn. m 14-39. Numbering of substitutes. m 40-43. Numbering of firstborn. l 44-51. Substitution of Levites for firstborn. 11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the matrix among the sons of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be Mine; 13 Because all the firstborn are Mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I separated (see Ex. 3:5) to Me all the firstborn in Israel, both mankind and beast: Mine shall they be: I am the Lord. (this is the reason for this act of sovereignty. Cp. Ex. 12:29,29,30; 13:2. The interpretation of Heb.12:23 depends on this ordinance. Note the emphatic I, v.12.) 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord (Heb. mouth, put for words spoken by it), according as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names (substituted by name here because redeemed by name. Ex.1:1); Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon (= exile) by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath (= assembly) by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari (= bitter, unhappy) by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites (= white), and the family of the Shimites (= renowned): these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of the congregation shall be the dwelling place (of Yehovah), and the tent, and the covering thereof, and the hanging for the entrance of the tent of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the entrance of the court, which is by the dwelling place, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the dwelling place southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar (= help of God) the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites (= sick), and the family of the Mushites (= yielding): these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel (= my rock is God) the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the dwelling place, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serves thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 But those that encamp before the dwelling place toward the east, even before the tent of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel (the whole nation responsible, cp. vv.8 and 41,45); and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses numbered at the commandment of the Lord (and Aaron - these two words are dotted in the Hebrew. The command was given to Moses alone vv.14,15, and was carried out by him alone v.16. As Aaron took part, according to 1:3,4 and 4:41,45,46, his name was included here by some ancient copyist; and later scribes dotted the words rather than leave them out), throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 And the Lord said to Moses (Heb. ’amar, not davar, spoke. ’Âmar is followed by the words spoken, davar is not. This expression, Yahaveh said, occ. 18 sundry times and 5 divers manners in this Book of Numbers. Cp. 1:1. With the 56 times Yahaveh spoke, these 18 make 74 times, and 16 manners 74 = 2 x 37 = the second witness of the word of God. See also 22:9, for God said 4 times, making 78 in all. 78 = 2 x 39. 39 is associated with disease), Number all the firstborn of the males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And you shall take the Levites for me {I am the Lord} instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-lings among the cattle of the sons of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, according as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel (this substitution is the subject of this large number), and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord. 46 And for those that are to be bought back of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the sons of Israel (see Ex. 6:8), which are over and above the Levites (273 = 13 x 21 = rebellion x exceeding sinfulness of sin. The firstborn males were 22,273. The Levites were 22,000. Difference of 273. 22,000 = 22 x 1,000 = light X Divine completeness and the glory of God.); 47 You shall even take five shekels (= 2 1/2 oz.) apiece by the person, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them: {the shekel is twenty gerahs:} (= 1/2 oz.) 48 And you shall give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were bought back by the Levites: 50 Of the firstborn of the sons of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: (= approx. 682 oz. 1365 = 13 x 105, being 5 x 273, i.e. 5 shekels apiece.) 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
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