Números 3:9

9 Pondrás a los levitas a las órdenes de Aarón y de sus hijos. Entre los israelitas, serán ellos los que estén totalmente dedicados a mí.^[a]

Números 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.

Números 3:9 In-Context

7 Desempeñarán sus funciones en lugar de Aarón y de toda la comunidad, encargándose del servicio del santuario en la Tienda de reunión.

8 Cuidarán allí de todos los utensilios de la Tienda de reunión y desempeñarán sus funciones en lugar de los israelitas, encargándose del servicio del santuario.

9 Pondrás a los levitas a las órdenes de Aarón y de sus hijos. Entre los israelitas, serán ellos los que estén totalmente dedicados a mí.

10 A Aarón y a sus hijos les asignarás el ministerio sacerdotal. Pero cualquiera que se acerque al santuario y no sea sacerdote, será condenado a muerte».

11 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:

Footnotes

• [a] "a mí " (mss. hebreos, LXX y Pentateuco Samaritano); "a él " (TM).