And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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And their charge shall be the ark,.... That is, when the tabernacle was taken down, and carried from place to place, this, and the following things, were committed to their care and custody, the ark…
Of the Levites, the Kohathites, the kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, and the most numerous, have the most important charge confided to them, namely, that of the ark, the altars, and the more especially…
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I. By what rule they were numbered:…
The Levitical families and their duties.
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