Bamidbar 4:17

17 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon saying,

Bamidbar 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:17

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron
And gave them a very solemn and awful charge about this affair of the Kohathites, it being a very hazardous one they were employed in:

saying;
as follows.

Bamidbar 4:17 In-Context

15 And when Aharon and his banim have made an end of covering HaKodesh, and all the Klei HaKodesh, as the machaneh (camp) is to set forward, after that, the Bnei Kehat shall come to bear it; but they shall not touch any kodesh, lest they die. These things are the massa (burden) of the Bnei Kehat in the Ohel Mo’ed.

16 And to the pekuddat (oversight, office) of Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen pertaineth the Shemen HaMa’ohr (Oil of Illumination), and the incense spices, and the Minchat HaTamid (Continual Grain Offering), and the Shemen HaMishchah (Anointing Oil), and the Pekuddat Kol HaMishkan, and of all that therein is, in HaKodesh, and in the vessels thereof.

17 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon saying,

18 Cut ye not off the shevet (tribe) of the mishpekhot of the Kehati from among the Levi’im;

19 But this do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto kodesh hakodashim (the most holy things): Aharon and his banim shall go in, and appoint them every one to his avodah (service, ministry) and to his massa (burden);