Numbers 3:38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron,
numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families,.... Whence it appears, that Moses was not alone, but Aaron with him,…
The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe,
I. By what rule they were numbered:…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Moses The mention of his name in a command given to him is strange. It would be still stranger if he were the writer of the passage.
the charge i.e. that which has to be attended to.
for the charge of…
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