Numbers 18:3
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle,.... That is, the Levites, whatever Aaron and his sons, the priests, should charge them to do, or commit to their care and charge,…
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
keep thy charge, &c. see on Num 3:7.
the vessels The Heb. word is capable of wider use than the Engl. -vessel"; it includes all the sacred utensils and furniture.
For the prohibition to come into…
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