Numbers 4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:26

And the hangings of the court ,.... Which made the great court that surrounded the tabernacle, Exodus 27:9 , and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court ; the eastern gate that led into the court, an hanging of twenty cubits, Exodus 27:16 , which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about ; that is, which hangings that formed the court, and were round about the tabernacle, and the altar of burnt offering; See Gill on Exodus 26:36 , and their cords ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:27

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons ,.... As they shall order and direct: shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites ; everyone of them was to take their share, as Aaron and his sons should appoint them: in all their burdens, and in all their service ; what each of them should carry, and in what they should perform duty: and ye shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens ; charge them carefully to keep all that were committed to them to bear, that none be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:28

This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon ,.... Which they should execute when the camp and tabernacle were in motion: in the tabernacle of the congregation in the court ; where they should take up their burdens, or which lie in things respecting the tabernacle; this was the part they were to be employed in, namely, in taking care of the hangings of the tabernacle, &c.; and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest ; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:29

As for the sons of Merari ,.... The third and youngest son of Levi: thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers ; which is the form of expression used of them all; See Gill on Numbers 4:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:30

From thirty years old and upward ,.... The Septuagint version here, and in Numbers 4:3 , renders it, from twenty five years old and upward, agreeable to Numbers 8:24 , at the which age the Levites went into the tabernacle, to wait and to learn their business, but they did not enter upon it till thirty: even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them ; at which age they were discharged from business: everyone that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:31

And this is the charge of their burden ,.... What should be committed to their care and charge, and they should bear and carry: according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation ; which was assigned to them as their part, and which was very heavy and cumbersome, and therefore they had wagons allowed them, Numbers 7:8 , the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof ; all these belonged to the holy and to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:32

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets , and their pins, and their cords ,.... These belonged to the court of the tabernacle; the pillars were what the hangings were hung upon, and the sockets, into which the pillars were set, and the and cords, with which the hangings were fastened; see Exodus 27:9 , with all their instruments, and with all their service ; whatever else were used in, and served for the support of this part of the tabernacle: and by name ye... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:33

This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari ,.... The Mahlites and Mushites, namely, the service before observed, the particulars of which are given: according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation ; agreeably to what was allotted to them in that part of the tabernacle they were concerned in: under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest ; who had the oversight of these as well as of the Gershonites, as Eleazar had of the Kohathites;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:34

And Moses and Aaron, and the chief of the congregation , numbered the sons of the Kohathites ,.... Perhaps these chiefs were the same with those who were concerned with Moses and Aaron in numbering all the tribes whose names were given, Numbers 1:5 ; the Kohathites are begun with, according to the divine direction, and then the Gershonites and Merarites in their order; and in Numbers 4:34 is only an account of the numbering of each of them, as ordered by the Lord, and this account is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 4:35

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old ,.... See Gill on Numbers 4:34 . read more

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