Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 31:25
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
25. the Levites which bare, etc.] See on Deu 31:9, Deu 10:8, Deu 17:18. These cannot be P’s Levites, who could not enter the Holy of Holies where the Ark lay. On the Ark of the Covenant see note on Deu 10:8.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The Levites, i.e. the priests, Deu 31:9 who also were Levites.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
That Moses commanded the Levites,…. These were not the common Levites, but the priests who were also Levites, to whom the law was given, De 31:9; and none but they might touch the ark, or go so near it as, they are bid to do, to put the law on the side of it; so Aben Ezra; it follows,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord; as the priests are said to do, [See comments on De 31:9]; for though in journeying the Kohathites carried it, yet not until it was covered by the priests, for they must not touch it; as these must do when they put the law on the side of it, as they are ordered in De 31:26.
saying; as follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
the Levites = Kohathites, Deu 31:9.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
bare the ark: Deu 31:9
Reciprocal: Deu 17:18 – out of that which Jos 3:3 – the priests Jos 6:12 – the priests Jos 8:33 – priests
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 31:25-26. The Levites The priests, (Deu 31:9,) who also were Levites. Put it in the side Or, by the side of the ark, as the same word is rendered, 1Sa 6:8. For it does not appear that it was laid up within the ark, it being expressly said that there was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, 1Ki 8:9; 2Ch 5:10. Probably this was the very same book which, after having been some way misplaced, was found in the house of the Lord in the days of Josiah, and publicly read by the king himself, for a testimony against the people, who were then almost ripe for ruin.