Numbers 3:21 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Numbers 3:21

19 And the sons of ^aKohath by their families: ^bAmram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 ^aAnd the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.

21 From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

22 Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above—of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred.

23 ^aThe families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward.

24 And the leader of the father’s house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 ^aThe duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included ^bthe tabernacle, ^cthe tent with ^dits covering, the ^escreen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,

26 ^athe screen for the door of the court, ^bthe hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and ^ctheir cords, according to all the work relating to them.

27 ^aFrom Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand¹ six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.

Book Notes:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

Numbers

NUMBERS. This book is so called because it contains an account of the enumeration and arrangement of the Israelites. The early part of it, from the first through the tenth chapters, appears to be a supplement to Leviticus, being occupied with relating the appointment of the Levites to the sacred offices. The journal of the march through the wilderness is then given as far as Numbers 21:20; after which the early incidents of the invasion are narrated. One direct quotation only from this book (Numbers 16:5) is made in the New Testament (II Timothy 2:19); but indirect references to it by the later sacred writers are very numerous.

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