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Selected Verse: Numbers 3:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 3:7 |
King James |
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| keep his charge - i. e. so assist him that the obligations incumbent on him and on the congregation may be fulfilled. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| His charge - That is, Aaron's, or those things which are committed principally to Aaron's care and oversight. Of the congregation - That is, of all the sacrifices and services which are due to the Lord from all the people, because the people might not perform them, in their own persons, therefore they were to be performed by some particular persons in their stead; formerly by the first - born, Num 8:16, and now by the Levites. Before the tabernacle - Not within the tabernacle, for the care of the things within the holy place was appropriated to the priests, as the care of the most holy place was to the high - priest. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The charge of the whole congregation - They shall work for the whole congregation; and instead of the first-born. |
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.