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Selected Verse: Numbers 4:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 4:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And when Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] have made an end [03615] of covering [03680] the sanctuary [06944], and all the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944], as the camp [04264] is to set forward [05265]; after [0310] that, the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] shall come [0935] to bear [05375] it: but they shall not touch [05060] any holy thing [06944], lest they die [04191]. These things are the burden [04853] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]. |
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King James |
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die--The mode of transport was upon the shoulders of the Levites (see on Num 7:9), although afterwards wheeled vehicles were employed (Sa2 6:3; Ch1 15:12). And it was allowed to touch the covering, but not the things covered, on the penalty of death, which was inflicted more than once (Sa1 6:19; Sa2 6:6-7). This stern denunciation was designed to inspire a sentiment of deep and habitual reverence in the minds of those who were officially engaged about holy things. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| After the priests had completed the wrapping up of all these things, the Kohathites were to come up to carry them; but they were not to touch "the holy" (the holy things), lest they should die (see Num 1:53; Num 18:3, and comp. Sa2 6:6-7). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bear it - Upon their shoulders. Afterward the priests themselves, being multiplied, carried these things, though the Levites also were not excluded. They shall not touch - Before they are covered. |
6 And when they came [0935] to Nachon's [05225] threshingfloor [01637], Uzzah [05798] put forth [07971] his hand to the ark [0727] of God [0430], and took hold [0270] of it; for the oxen [01241] shook [08058] it.
7 And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Uzzah [05798]; and God [0430] smote [05221] him there for his error [07944]; and there he died [04191] by the ark [0727] of God [0430].
19 And he smote [05221] the men [0376] of Bethshemesh [01053], because they had looked [07200] into the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], even he smote [05221] of the people [05971] fifty [02572] thousand [0505] and threescore and ten [07657] men [0582]: and the people [05971] lamented [056], because the LORD [03068] had smitten [05221] many of the people [05971] with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].
12 And said [0559] unto them, Ye are the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of the Levites [03881]: sanctify [06942] yourselves, both ye and your brethren [0251], that ye may bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto the place that I have prepared [03559] for it.
3 And they set [07392] the ark [0727] of God [0430] upon a new [02319] cart [05699], and brought [05375] it out of the house [01004] of Abinadab [041] that was in Gibeah [01390]: and Uzzah [05798] and Ahio [0283], the sons [01121] of Abinadab [041], drave [05090] the new [02319] cart [05699].
9 But unto the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] he gave [05414] none [03808]: because the service [05656] of the sanctuary [06944] belonging unto them was that they should bear [05375] upon their shoulders [03802].
6 And when they came [0935] to Nachon's [05225] threshingfloor [01637], Uzzah [05798] put forth [07971] his hand to the ark [0727] of God [0430], and took hold [0270] of it; for the oxen [01241] shook [08058] it.
7 And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Uzzah [05798]; and God [0430] smote [05221] him there for his error [07944]; and there he died [04191] by the ark [0727] of God [0430].
3 And they shall keep [08104] thy charge [04931], and the charge [04931] of all the tabernacle [0168]: only they shall not come nigh [07126] the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944] and the altar [04196], that neither they, nor ye also, die [04191].
53 But the Levites [03881] shall pitch [02583] round about [05439] the tabernacle [04908] of testimony [05715], that there be no wrath [07110] upon the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and the Levites [03881] shall keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [04908] of testimony [05715].