Numbers 8:19 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 8:19

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

BSB

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ASV

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

KJV

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But what is the service they do the children of Israel? It follows, it is to make an atonement for them, that there be no plague among them. It was the priests' work to make atonement by sacrifice, but the Levites made atonement by attendance, and preserved the peace with heaven which was made by sacrifice.

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֶתְּנָ֨ה	va.'e.te.Nah	and I have given !	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַלְוִיִּ֜ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
נְתֻנִ֣ים׀	ne.tu.Nim	given [things]	H5414 →
לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן	le.'a.ha.Ron	to Aaron	H175 →
וּלְבָנָ֗יו	u.le.va.Nav	and to sons his	H1121 →
מִתּוֹךְ֮	mi.toKh	from among	H8432 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לַעֲבֹ֞ד	la.'a.Vod	to serve	H5647 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲבֹדַ֤ת	'a.vo.Dat	[the] service of	H5656 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בְּאֹ֣הֶל	be.'O.hel	in [the] tent of	H168 →
מוֹעֵ֔ד	mo.'Ed	meeting	H4150 →
וּלְכַפֵּ֖ר	u.le.kha.Per	and to make atonement	H3722 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְלֹ֨א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יִהְיֶ֜ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
בִּבְנֵ֤י	biv.Nei	among [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
נֶ֔גֶף	Ne.gef	a plague	H5063 →
בְּגֶ֥שֶׁת	be.Ge.shet	when draw near	H5066 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃	ha.Ko.desh	the holy place	H6944 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 16:46
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the…
leads to
- Leviticus 10:6
  Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24
  Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles…
- Numbers 11:33
  But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
Through
1 Samuel 6:19
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them…
leads to
- Numbers 4:20
  But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
- Exodus 19:21
  and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
- Numbers 4:15
  When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- 2 Samuel 6:7
  And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
Through
Numbers 1:53
But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…
leads to
- Numbers 16:46
  Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the…