SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:19
Y yo he dado en don los levitas a Aarón y a sus hijos de entre los hijos de Israel, para que sirvan el ministerio de los hijos de Israel en el tabernáculo del testimonio, y reconcilien a los hijos de Israel; para que no haya plaga en los hijos de Israel, al acercarse los hijos de Israel al santuario.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and his sons, from among the children of Israel , etc.] Or I have given the Levites that were given; that is, the Lord gave to Aaron and his sons the Levites, that were first given to him; as they were, when brought before him, and the children of Israel laid hands on them, and they were offered before the Lord, ( Numbers 8:10,11); to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation ; to do what otherwise they must have done, watch and guard the tabernacle, carry the sacrifices to the priests, assist them at the altar, take down and set up the tabernacle, and carry it, and the vessels of it, from place to place: and to make an atonement for the children of Israel ; not by offering sacrifices for them, which was the work of the priests, but by being now offered themselves, ( Numbers 8:10,11,13); that they themselves might be the atonement of their souls as Aben Ezra expresses it, as well as they were by their service hereafter a means of preserving the Israelites from death; which may be interpreted of making an atonement, which Phinehas is said to do by his deed, though no sacrifice was offered, ( Numbers 25:7,8,13); which sense seems to be confirmed by what follows: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh to the sanctuary ; by approaching nearer than they should, touching what they ought not, intruding themselves into service they were not called to, or doing it amiss, not being instructed in it, or inured to it as the Levites were. The phrase, “the children of Israel”, is five times used in this verse, to denote the love of God to them, as Jarchi observes.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-26 - Here we have directions for the solemn ordination of the Levites. All Israel must know that they took not this honour to themselves, but wer called of God to it; nor was it enough that they were distinguishe from others. All who are employed for God, must be dedicated to him according to the employment. Christians must be baptized, minister must be ordained; we must first give ourselves unto the Lord, and the our services. The Levites must be cleansed. They must be clean tha bear the vessels of the Lord. Moses must sprinkle the water of purifying upon them. This signifies the application of the blood of Christ to our souls by faith, that we may be fit to serve the livin God. God declares his acceptance of them. All who expect to share in the privileges of the tabernacle, must resolve to do the service of the tabernacle. As, on the one hand, none of God's creatures are his necessary servants, he needs not the service of any of them; so non are merely honorary servants, to do nothing. All whom God owns, he employs; angels themselves have their services __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ואתנה 5414 את 853 הלוים 3881 נתנים 5414 לאהרן 175 ולבניו 1121 מתוך 8432 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 לעבד 5647 את 853 עבדת 5656 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 באהל 168 מועד 4150 ולכפר 3722 על 5921 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 ולא 3808 יהיה 1961 בבני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 נגף 5063 בגשׁת 5066 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 אל 413 הקדשׁ׃ 6944
