Números 18:2

2 Faze, pois, chegar contigo também teus irmãos, a tribo de Levi, a tribo de teu pai, para que se ajuntem a ti, e te sirvam; mas tu e teus filhos contigo estareis perante a tenda do testemunho.

Números 18:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:2

And to thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of
thy father
For his father Amram was of that tribe, and so the Levites were his brethren, as he is directed to consider them; which might serve to conciliate their minds, and make them easy with respect to his enjoyment of the priesthood: bring them with thee;
into the court of the tabernacle, for further they might not go: that they maybe joined unto thee:
as their name of Levites signifies, persons joined and united to others, as they were to the priests: see reason of their patriarch's name Levi in ( Genesis 29:34 ) ; and minister unto thee:
be assisting to the priests in killing the sacrifices, receiving the blood, and flaying the beasts, and in other things about the sanctuary, ( Numbers 3:6 ) ; but thou, and thy sons with thee, [shall minister] before the
tabernacle of witness;
which was the most holy place, where were the ark of the testimony or witness, and the tables of the covenant; and they might be said to minister before that, when they ministered in the holy place, which was before it, when they burned incense upon the altar of incense, ordered the shewbread, and trimmed the lamps of the candlestick, which none but the priests the sons of Aaron might do.

Números 18:2 In-Context

1 Depois disse o Senhor a Arão: Tu e teus filhos, e a casa de teu pai contigo, levareis a iniqüidade do santuário; e tu e teus filhos contigo levareis a iniqüidade do vosso sacerdócio.

2 Faze, pois, chegar contigo também teus irmãos, a tribo de Levi, a tribo de teu pai, para que se ajuntem a ti, e te sirvam; mas tu e teus filhos contigo estareis perante a tenda do testemunho.

3 Eles cumprirão as tuas ordens, e assumirão o encargo de toda a tenda; mas não se chegarão aos utensílios do santuário, nem ao altar, para que não morram, assim eles, como vós.

4 Mas se ajuntarão a ti, e assumirão o encargo da tenda da revelação, para todo o serviço da tenda; e o estranho não se chegará a vós.

5 Vós, pois, assumireis o encargo do santuário e o encargo do altar, para que não haja outra vez furor sobre os filhos de Israel.