They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
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They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
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And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
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And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a common man shall not draw nigh unto you.
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- Numbers 1:51 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
- Numbers 3:10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- 1 Samuel 6:19 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into Yahweh’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
- 2 Samuel 6:6-7 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled. Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which was not of the tribe of Levi.
Which was not of the tribe of Levi.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall be joined unto thee,.... As assistants…
And they shall be joined unto thee,.... As assistants in the sacred service:
and keep the charge of tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle; See Gill on Num 3:7 and See Gill on Num 3:8,
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and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you; not any of the other tribes, only such as were of the tribe of Levi; they only were to be brought with them, and joined unto them, and assist them, and minister to them, as in Num 18:2; though the Jews (h) understand by a stranger anyone that was not a priest.
(h) Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 2. sect. 1.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A stranger - i. e. every one not a…
A stranger - i. e. every one not a Levite. So in Num 18:7, it denotes each one who was not a priest: compare Num 3:10; Num 16:40.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Stranger; even born of a woman of the tribe…
Stranger; even born of a woman of the tribe of Levi. (Maimonides)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. a stranger] Heb. zâr; anyone who is not…
4. a stranger] Heb. zâr; anyone who is not a priest. See on Num_1:51.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) And keep the charge . . . —See…
(4) And keep the charge . . . —See Num_1:53; Num_3:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain A stranger. rw, i.e., one not a Levite, as…
A stranger. rw, i.e., one not a Levite, as in Num_1:51.
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