SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:2
Y a tus hermanos también, la tribu de Leví, la tribu de tu padre, hazlos llegar a ti, y se junten contigo, y te servirán; y tú y tus hijos contigo serviréis delante del tabernáculo del testimonio.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 18:2
Verse 2. Thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi-may be joined unto thee] There is a fine paronomasia, or play upon words, in the original. ywl Levi comes from the root hwl lavah, to join to, couple, associate: hence Moses says, the Levites, wwly yillavu, shall be joined, or associated with the priests; they shall conjointly perform the whole of the sacred office, but the priests shall be principal, the Levites only their associates or assistants. For an explanation of many parts of this chapter, see the notes on several of the passages referred to in the margin.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. And to thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-7 - The people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should com near for them. Aaron would see reason not to be proud of his preferment, when he considered the great care and charge upon him. Be not high-minded, but fear. The greater the trust of work and power tha is committed to us, the greater danger there is of betraying tha trust. This is a good reason why we should neither envy others honours, nor desire high places.
Original Hebrew
וגם 1571 את 853 אחיך 251 מטה 4294 לוי 3878 שׁבט 7626 אביך 1 הקרב 7126 אתך 854 וילוו 3867 עליך 5921 וישׁרתוך 8334 ואתה 859 ובניך 1121 אתך 854 לפני 6440 אהל 168 העדת׃ 5715
