Números 8:19

Listen to Números 8:19
19 Y he dado a los levitas como un don a Aar贸n y a sus hijos de entre los hijos de Israel, para cumplir el ministerio de los hijos de Israel en la tienda de reuni贸n y para hacer expiaci贸n en favor de los hijos de Israel, para que no haya plaga entre los hijos de Israel al acercarse al santuario.

Números 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:19

And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and his
sons, from among the children of Israel
Or I have given the Levites that were given; that is, the Lord gave to Aaron and his sons the Levites, that were first given to him; as they were, when brought before him, and the children of Israel laid hands on them, and they were offered before the Lord, ( Numbers 8:10 Numbers 8:11 ) ; to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the
congregation;
to do what otherwise they must have done, watch and guard the tabernacle, carry the sacrifices to the priests, assist them at the altar, take down and set up the tabernacle, and carry it, and the vessels of it, from place to place: and to make an atonement for the children of Israel;
not by offering sacrifices for them, which was the work of the priests, but by being now offered themselves, ( Numbers 8:10 Numbers 8:11 Numbers 8:13 ) ; that they themselves might be the atonement of their souls as Aben Ezra expresses it, as well as they were by their service hereafter a means of preserving the Israelites from death; which may be interpreted of making an atonement, which Phinehas is said to do by his deed, though no sacrifice was offered, ( Numbers 25:7 Numbers 25:8 Numbers 25:13 ) ; which sense seems to be confirmed by what follows: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the
children of Israel come nigh to the sanctuary;
by approaching nearer than they should, touching what they ought not, intruding themselves into service they were not called to, or doing it amiss, not being instructed in it, or inured to it as the Levites were. The phrase, "the children of Israel", is five times used in this verse, to denote the love of God to them, as Jarchi observes.

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Números 8:19 In-Context

17 Porque m铆os son todos los primog茅nitos de entre los hijos de Israel, tanto de hombres como de animales; el d铆a en que her铆 a todo primog茅nito en la tierra de Egipto, los santifiqu茅 para m铆.
18 Pero he tomado a los levitas en lugar de los primog茅nitos de entre los hijos de Israel.
19 Y he dado a los levitas como un don a Aar贸n y a sus hijos de entre los hijos de Israel, para cumplir el ministerio de los hijos de Israel en la tienda de reuni贸n y para hacer expiaci贸n en favor de los hijos de Israel, para que no haya plaga entre los hijos de Israel al acercarse al santuario.
20 As铆 hicieron a los levitas Mois茅s, Aar贸n y toda la congregaci贸n de los hijos de Israel; conforme a todo lo que el SE脩OR hab铆a mandado a Mois茅s acerca de los levitas, as铆 hicieron con ellos los hijos de Israel.
21 Los levitas se purificaron a s铆 mismos de pecados, y lavaron sus ropas; y Aar贸n los present贸 como ofrenda mecida delante del SE脩OR. Tambi茅n Aar贸n hizo expiaci贸n por ellos para purificarlos.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Am茅ricas庐 (LBLA庐), Copyright 漏 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.LBLA.com