Numbers 18:4
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall be joined unto thee,.... As assistants in the sacred service:
and keep the charge of tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle; See Gill on Num 3:7 and See…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
A stranger - i. e. every one not a Levite. So in Num 18:7, it denotes each one who was not a priest: compare Num 3:10; Num 16:40.
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
a stranger Heb. zâr; anyone who is not a priest. See on Num 1:51.
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