Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:4
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
4. a stranger ] Heb. zr; anyone who is not a priest. See on Num 1:51.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
A stranger – i. e. every one not a Levite. So in Num 18:7, it denotes each one who was not a priest: compare Num 3:10; Num 16:40.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And they shall be joined unto thee,…. As assistants in the sacred service:
and keep the charge of tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle; [See comments on Nu 3:7] and
[See comments on Nu 3:8];
and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you; not any of the other tribes, only such as were of the tribe of Levi; they only were to be brought with them, and joined unto them, and assist them, and minister to them, as in Nu 18:2; though the Jews h understand by a stranger anyone that was not a priest.
h Maimon. in Misn. Zebachim, c. 2. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) And keep the charge . . . See Num. 1:53; Num. 3:7.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Num 18:4. They shall be joined unto thee Alluding to Levi’s name; see Gen 29:34. Stranger, in this verse, does not signify only those of other nations and relations, but all those who were not of the tribe of Levi.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
a stranger: Num 1:51, Num 3:10, 1Sa 6:19, 2Sa 6:6, 2Sa 6:7
Reciprocal: Exo 29:33 – a stranger Num 8:26 – to keep Num 16:40 – that no Num 17:13 – Whosoever Num 18:2 – joined unto thee Num 18:7 – the stranger 2Ki 16:12 – offered thereon Isa 56:3 – the son Eze 44:14 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a {c} stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
(c) Which was not of the tribe of Levi.