Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, saying,
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Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, saying,
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That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
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that Moses commanded the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying:
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- Deuteronomy 31:9 Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Levites, i.e. the priests, Deu 31:9 who also…
The Levites, i.e. the priests, Deu 31:9 who also were Levites.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Take this book of the law,.... Not Deuteronomy only,…
Take this book of the law,.... Not Deuteronomy only, but the whole Pentateuch:
and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; not in the ark, for there were nothing there but the two tables of stone with the ten commands on them, Kg1 8:9; but on one side of it; the Targum of Jonathan says, it was"put in a chest (or box) on the right side of the ark of the covenant;''which is very probable. Jarchi observes, that the wise men of Israel are divided about it in the Talmud (e); some of them say there was a table (or ledge) that stood out from the ark without, and there it was put; others say it was put on the side of the tables of the law within the ark; the former are in the right:
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that it may be therefore a witness against thee; when they fall into idolatry or any other sin, a transgression of any of the laws therein contained.
(e) T. B. Bava Bathra, fol. 14. 1. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Levites - The priests, ver. 9, who also…
The Levites - The priests, ver. 9, who also were Levites.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 31:25-26. The Levites — The priests, (Deu 31:9,)…
Deu 31:25-26. The Levites — The priests, (Deu 31:9,) who also were Levites. Put it in the side — Or, by the side of the ark, as the same word is rendered, 1Sa 6:8. For it does not appear that it was laid up within the ark, it being expressly said that there was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, 1Ki 8:9; 2Ch 5:10. Probably this was the very same book which, after having been some way misplaced, was found in the house of the Lord in the days of Josiah, and publicly read by the king himself, for a testimony against the people, who were then almost ripe for ruin.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. the Levites which bare, etc.] See on Deu_31:9,…
25. the Levites which bare, etc.] See on Deu_31:9, Deu_10:8, Deu_17:18. These cannot be P’s Levites, who could not enter the Holy of Holies where the Ark lay. On the Ark of the Covenant see note on Deu_10:8.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Levites, which bare the ark; i.e. the priests…
The Levites, which bare the ark; i.e. the priests whose business it was to guard and to carry the ark of the covenant; "the priests the sons of Levi," as in ver. 9. According to Num_4:4, etc., it was the Kohathites who carried the ark on the journey through the desert; but they seem merely to have acted in this respect as the servants or helpers of the priests, who alone might touch the ark, and by whom it was carefully wrapped up before it was handed to the Kohathites. On special occasions the priests themselves carried the ark. (cf. Jos_3:3, etc.; Jos_4:9, 10 6:6, 12 8:33 1Ki_8:3)
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