Números 18:2

2 Cuando tú y tus hijos estén ministrando delante de la Tienda del pacto, tendrán como ayudantes a sus hermanos de la tribu de Leví.

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 El SEÑOR le dijo a Aarón: «Todos los de la tribu de Leví se expondrán a sufrir las consecuencias de acercarse a las cosas sagradas, pero de entre ellos solo tú y tus hijos se expondrán a las consecuencias de ejercer el sacerdocio.

2 Cuando tú y tus hijos estén ministrando delante de la Tienda del pacto, tendrán como ayudantes a sus hermanos de la tribu de Leví.

3 Ellos te ayudarán en tus deberes y estarán a cargo de la Tienda de reunión, pero no se acercarán a los objetos sagrados ni al altar, para que no mueran.

4 Ellos serán tus ayudantes, y estarán a cargo de la Tienda de reunión y de todo su servicio. Así que, cuando ustedes ministren, nadie que no esté autorizado se les acercará.

5 »Solo ustedes estarán a cargo de las cosas sagradas y del altar, para que no se vuelva a derramar mi ira sobre los israelitas.