Números 18:2

2 »Trae a tus parientes de la tribu de Leví —tu tribu patriarcal— para que te ayuden, a ti y a tus hijos, a realizar los deberes sagrados delante del tabernáculo del pacto.

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 Deberes de los sacerdotes y de los levitas
Luego el Señor
le dijo a Aarón: «Tú, tus hijos y tus parientes de la tribu de Leví serán los responsables de cualquier ofensa relacionada con el santuario; pero solo tú y tus hijos serán los responsables de las faltas relacionadas con el sacerdocio.

2 »Trae a tus parientes de la tribu de Leví —tu tribu patriarcal— para que te ayuden, a ti y a tus hijos, a realizar los deberes sagrados delante del tabernáculo del pacto.

3 Sin embargo, cuando los levitas realicen los deberes asignados en el tabernáculo, deberán tener cuidado de no acercarse a los objetos sagrados ni al altar. Si lo hacen, tanto tú como ellos morirán.

4 Los levitas te ayudarán con el cumplimiento de sus responsabilidades del cuidado y el mantenimiento del tabernáculo,
pero no podrá ayudarte ninguna persona que no esté autorizada.

5 »Ustedes realizarán los deberes sagrados dentro del santuario y en el altar. Si siguen estas instrucciones, el enojo del Señor
nunca jamás se encenderá contra el pueblo de Israel.