Numbers 3:32

Numbers 3:32

30 And the leader of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of ^aUzziel.

31 ^aTheir duty included ^bthe ark, ^cthe table, ^dthe lampstand, ^ethe altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, ^fthe screen, and all the work relating to them.

32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.

33 From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.

34 And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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chief—rather, "chiefs" of the Levites. Three persons are mentioned as chiefs of these respective divisions [Numbers 3:24, Numbers 3:30, Numbers 3:35]. And Eleazar presided over them; whence he is called "the second priest" (II Kings 25:18); and in the case of the high priest's absence from illness or other necessary occasions, he performed the duties (I Kings 4:4).

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