Numbers 4:16-18 New English Translation
16 “The appointed responsibility of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is for the oil for the light, and the spiced incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil; he also has[a] the appointed responsibility over all the tabernacle with[b] all that is in it, over the sanctuary and over all its furnishings.”[c]
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 18 “Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off[d] from among the Levites;
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- Numbers 4:16 tn This is supplied to the line to clarify “appointed.”
- Numbers 4:16 tn Heb “and.”
- Numbers 4:16 sn One would assume that he would prepare and wrap these items, but that the Kohathites would carry them to the next place.
- Numbers 4:18 sn The verb is simply the Hiphil, “do not cut off.” The context calls for a permissive nuance—“do not let them be cut off.” It was a difficult task to be handling the holy things correctly; Moses and Aaron were to see to it that they did it right and did not handle the objects, that is, Moses and Aaron were to safeguard their lives by making certain that proper procedures were followed.
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