Numbers 3:9

9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they [are] surely assigned to him from among the {Israelites}.

Numbers 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:9

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons,
&c.] To be their ministers and servants:

they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel:
even all of them entirely, none excepted; the whole tribe which were not in the priestly office; those were separated from the rest of the tribes of Israel, and appointed for the service of the priests: or they were "given, given" ^F17; which is repeated not only to show that they were wholly given, as we render it, but to denote the certainty of it, that they were really given; and especially to declare the freeness of the gift; the priests had them as free gifts, nor did they pay them any thing for, their service; they were maintained another way, namely, by the tithes of the people; and indeed the priests received a tithe out of the tithe of the Levites; so far were they from contributing any thing to their support, or in consideration of the service they did them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mynwtn Mynwtn) "dati, dati", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius.

Numbers 3:9 In-Context

7 They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle.

8 And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the {Israelites}, to do the work of the tabernacle.

9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they [are] surely assigned to him from among the {Israelites}.

10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger who approaches will be put to death."

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "sons/children of Israel"