And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. Gave up his right in the firstborn, and instead of them took the Levites for his use and service: see Num 3:12.
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The Levites could only undertake their duties Num. 3; 4 after the formal exchange of the Levites for the first-born Num 3:44-51. The distinction between the “consecration” of the priests Lev. 8 and…
We read before of the separating of the Levites from among the children of Israel when they were numbered, and the numbering of them by themselves (Num 3:6, Num 3:15), that they might be employed in…
The Levites
Num 8:5-22. Their purification and dedication, Num 8:23-26. The age of service. The passage is an expansion of Num 3:5-13, with the addition of the rite of purification. The Levites are…