Numbers 18:2
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
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Gill's Exposition
And to thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,.... For his father Amram was of that tribe, and so the Levites were his brethren, as he is directed to consider them; which…
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 there were in drawing near to God,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
that they may be joined This is a play on words, similar to that in Gen 29:34, the verb lâwâh(לוה) being employed to explain the word Lçwî-Levite," so that the latter is understood to denote -one who…
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