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STATUS AND REVENUES OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES (Numbers 18:1-32).
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Numbers 18:1-32
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Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:1-7Numbers 18:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should come near for them. Aaron would see reason not to be proud of his preferment, when h…The Service of the Priests and Levites. (b. c. 1490.)Numbers 18:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE SERVICE OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. (B. C. 1490.) The coherence of this chapter with that foregoing is very observable. I. The people, in the close of that chapter, had complained of the difficulty and peril that th…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1Numbers 18:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Lord spake unto Aaron. This clear and comprehensive instruction as to the position and support of the sons of Aaron on the one hand, and of the Levites on the other, may very naturally have been given in connection…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1-32Numbers 18:1-32 · The Pulpit CommentaryRESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD'S SERVANTS We have in this chapter, spiritually, the status of those who are ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ and δοῦλαι ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ, as being the inheritance of the Lord, and (in this wo…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1-7Numbers 18:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORITY Recent assaults on the priesthood give occasion for a reaffirmation of its prerogatives. Lest this should tend unduly to elate the family of Aaron, the same Divine oracle which confirms t…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1Numbers 18:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE INIQUITY OF THE SANCTUARY AND PRIESTHOOD It is full of significance that this provision for the iniquity of the sanctuary and priesthood stands first among the regulations of this chapter. Though God had separated A…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 18:1-7The people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should come near for them. Aaron would see reason not to be proud of his preferment, when h…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Service of the Priests and Levites. (b. c. 1490.)THE SERVICE OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. (B. C. 1490.) The coherence of this chapter with that foregoing is very observable. I. The people, in the close of that chapter, had complained of the difficulty and peril that th…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1The Lord spake unto Aaron. This clear and comprehensive instruction as to the position and support of the sons of Aaron on the one hand, and of the Levites on the other, may very naturally have been given in connection…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1THE INIQUITY OF THE SANCTUARY AND PRIESTHOOD It is full of significance that this provision for the iniquity of the sanctuary and priesthood stands first among the regulations of this chapter. Though God had separated A…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1-7THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORITY Recent assaults on the priesthood give occasion for a reaffirmation of its prerogatives. Lest this should tend unduly to elate the family of Aaron, the same Divine oracle which confirms t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:1-32RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD'S SERVANTS We have in this chapter, spiritually, the status of those who are ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ and δοῦλαι ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ, as being the inheritance of the Lord, and (in this wo…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:2-7AARON AND HIS HELPERS I. AARON HAD MANY HELPERS. No less than a whole tribe of Israel, 22,000 in number (Numbers 3:39). And if it be said, "What work could be found about the tabernacle for so many?" the answer is given…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 18:2Thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi. The Levites generally, as distinguished from the Kohathites in particular (see on Numbers 3:1-51). That they may be joined unto thee. וְילָּווּ, a play upon the name Levi (see on…Joseph S. Exell and contributors