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Bible Commentaries
Numbers 18

Everett's Study Notes on the Holy ScripturesEverett's Study Notes

Verses 1-32

Numbers 18:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Numbers 18:1 Comments - Note:

Numbers 18:32, “And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.”

A good illustration of this violation by the priestly office is the two sons of Eli. See 1 Samuel 2:12-17.

1 Samuel 2:12, “Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.”

Numbers 18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Numbers 18:15 “whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine” - Comments - Hannah went as far as offering her firstborn son to Eli, as a minister in the tabernacle. Thus, Eli received the child in honour of Hannah's vow.

Numbers 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

Numbers 18:26 Comments - Numbers 18:26 tells us that even the Levites were required to tithe what they had received from the tithes of their brothers.

Bibliographical Information
Everett, Gary H. "Commentary on Numbers 18". Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ghe/numbers-18.html. 2013.
 
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