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:

John Wesley's Notes

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Chief - Next under the high - priest; whence he is called the second priest, II Kings 25:18, and in case of the high - priest's absence by sickness or other necessary occasions, he was to perform his work, and he had a superiority over all the rest of the priests and Levites. The chief of the Levites - That is, over those three persons, who were each the chief of their several families, Numbers 3:24, Numbers 3:31, Numbers 3:34.

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