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Selected Verse: Numbers 4:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 4:4 |
Strong Concordance |
This shall be the service [05656] of the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], about the most [06944] holy things [06944]: |
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King James |
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: |
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] |
| This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath, &c.--They are mentioned first, from their close connection with Aaron; and the special department of duty assigned to them during the journeyings of Israel accorded with the charge they had received of the precious contents of the tabernacle. But these were to be previously covered by the common priests, who, as well as the high priest, were admitted on such necessary occasions into the holy place. This was an exception to the general rule, which prohibited the entrance of any but the high priest. But when the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the sanctuary might be entered by the common priests, as to them was reserved the exclusive privilege of packing the sacred utensils; and it was not till the holy things were thus ready for carriage, that the Kohathites were allowed to approach. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| About the most holy things - Omit "about." The sense is, "this is the charge of the sons of Kohath, the most holy things:" i. e. the ark of the covenant, the table of showbread, the candlestick, and the golden altar, together with the furniture pertaining thereto. It appears, from a comparison of Num 4:16, Num 4:28, Num 4:33, that the ministry of the Kohathites was superintended by Eleazar, the older of the two surviving sons of Aaron; and that of the two other families by Ithamar. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The service of the Kohathites at the tabernacle is (relates to) "the most holy" (see at Exo 30:10). This term includes, as is afterwards explained, the most holy things in the tabernacle, viz., the ark of the covenant, the table of shew-bread, the candlestick, the altar of incense and altar of burnt-offering, together with all the other things belonging to these. When the camp was broken up, the priests were to roll them up in wrappers, and hand them over in this state to the Kohathites, for them to carry (Num 4:5-15). First of all (Num 4:5, Num 4:6), Aaron and his sons were to take down the curtain between the holy place and the most holy (see Exo 26:31), and to cover the ark of testimony with it (Exo 25:10). Over this they were to place a wrapper of sea-cow skin (tachash, see Exo 25:5), and over this again another covering of cloth made entirely of hyacinth-coloured purple (as in Exo 28:31). The sea-cow skin as to protect the inner curtain, which was covered over the ark, from storm and rain; the hyacinth purple, to distinguish the ark of the covenant as the throne of the glory of Jehovah. Lastly, they were to place the staves into the rings again, that is to say, the bearing poles, which were always left in their places on the ark (Exo 25:15), but had necessarily to be taken out while it was being covered and wrapped up. |
33 This is the service [05656] of the families [04940] of the sons [01121] of Merari [04847], according to all their service [05656], in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], under the hand [03027] of Ithamar [0385] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548].
28 This is the service [05656] of the families [04940] of the sons [01121] of Gershon [01649] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and their charge [04931] shall be under the hand [03027] of Ithamar [0385] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548].
16 And to the office [06486] of Eleazar [0499] the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] pertaineth the oil [08081] for the light [03974], and the sweet [05561] incense [07004], and the daily [08548] meat offering [04503], and the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and the oversight [06486] of all the tabernacle [04908], and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary [06944], and in the vessels [03627] thereof.
15 The staves [0905] shall be [01961] in the rings [02885] of the ark [0727]: they shall not be taken [05493] from it.
31 And thou shalt make [06213] the robe [04598] of the ephod [0646] all [03632] of blue [08504].
5 And rams [0352]' skins [05785] dyed red [0119], and badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shittim [07848] wood [06086],
10 And they shall make [06213] an ark [0727] of shittim [07848] wood [06086]: two cubits [0520] and a half [02677] shall be the length [0753] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the breadth [07341] thereof, and a cubit [0520] and a half [02677] the height [06967] thereof.
31 And thou shalt make [06213] a vail [06532] of blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine twined [07806] linen [08336] of cunning [02803] work [04639]: with cherubims [03742] shall it be made [06213]:
6 And shall put [05414] thereon the covering [03681] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall spread [06566] over [04605] it a cloth [0899] wholly [03632] of blue [08504], and shall put [07760] in the staves [0905] thereof.
5 And when the camp [04264] setteth forward [05265], Aaron [0175] shall come [0935], and his sons [01121], and they shall take down [03381] the covering [04539] vail [06532], and cover [03680] the ark [0727] of testimony [05715] with it:
5 And when the camp [04264] setteth forward [05265], Aaron [0175] shall come [0935], and his sons [01121], and they shall take down [03381] the covering [04539] vail [06532], and cover [03680] the ark [0727] of testimony [05715] with it:
6 And shall put [05414] thereon the covering [03681] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall spread [06566] over [04605] it a cloth [0899] wholly [03632] of blue [08504], and shall put [07760] in the staves [0905] thereof.
7 And upon the table [07979] of shewbread [06440] they shall spread [06566] a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and put [05414] thereon the dishes [07086], and the spoons [03709], and the bowls [04518], and covers [07184] to cover withal [05262]: and the continual [08548] bread [03899] shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread [06566] upon them a cloth [0899] of scarlet [08438] [08144], and cover [03680] the same with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [07760] in the staves [0905] thereof.
9 And they shall take [03947] a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] the candlestick [04501] of the light [03974], and his lamps [05216], and his tongs [04457], and his snuffdishes [04289], and all the oil [08081] vessels [03627] thereof, wherewith they minister [08334] unto it:
10 And they shall put [05414] it and all the vessels [03627] thereof within a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [05414] it upon a bar [04132].
11 And upon the golden [02091] altar [04196] they shall spread [06566] a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] it with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [07760] to the staves [0905] thereof:
12 And they shall take [03947] all the instruments [03627] of ministry [08335], wherewith they minister [08334] in the sanctuary [06944], and put [05414] them in a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] them with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [05414] them on a bar [04132]:
13 And they shall take away the ashes [01878] from the altar [04196], and spread [06566] a purple [0713] cloth [0899] thereon:
14 And they shall put [05414] upon it all the vessels [03627] thereof, wherewith they minister [08334] about it, even the censers [04289], the fleshhooks [04207], and the shovels [03257], and the basons [04219], all the vessels [03627] of the altar [04196]; and they shall spread [06566] upon it a covering [03681] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and put [07760] to the staves [0905] of it.
15 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].
10 And Aaron [0175] shall make an atonement [03722] upon the horns [07161] of it once [0259] in a year [08141] with the blood [01818] of the sin offering [02403] of atonements [03725]: once [0259] in the year [08141] shall he make atonement [03722] upon it throughout your generations [01755]: it is most [06944] holy [06944] unto the LORD [03068].