Numbers 3:31 — Meaning and Application

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“And their charge {shall be} the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.”

Numbers 3:31

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The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites {shall be} Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

And their charge {shall be} the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest {shall be} chief over the chief of the Levites, {and have} the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Of Merari {was} the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these {are} the families of Merari.

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Numbers 3:1

"These also {are} the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day {that} the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai."

Numbers 3:2

"And these {are} the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."

Numbers 3:3

"These {are} the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. {whom...: Heb. whose hand he filled}"

Numbers 3:4

"And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father."

Numbers 3:5

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 3:6

"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him."

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