to see when the holy things are covered – <\/B>Render: to see the holy things for an instant. The expression means Iiterally as a gulp, i. e. for the instant it takes to swallow.<\/P><\/p>\nFuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Verse 20<\/span>. When the holy things are covered<\/B><\/I>] Literally, keballa<\/I>, when they are swallowed down<\/I>; which shows the promptitude with which every thing belonging to the holy of holies was put out of sight, for these mysteries must ever be treated with the deepest reverence; and indeed without this they could not have been to them the representatives of heavenly realities. See the concluding note.<\/P><\/p>\n But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered<\/strong>,…. They were not to be present while they were packing up, test they should see any of them with their eyes; they were not to go in until they were quite covered out of sight; which may signify the hiding of the mysteries of grace in those things under the former dispensation, when even the Levites themselves were not admitted to a sight of them; see Eph 3:4<\/span>;<\/p>\n lest they die<\/strong>; by the immediate hand of God.<\/p>\n , “ like a swallow, a gulp,<\/em> ” is probably a proverbial expression, according to the analogy of Job 7:19<\/span>, for “ a single instant,<\/em> ” of which the Arabic also furnishes examples (see A. Schultens<\/em> on Job 7:19<\/span>). The Sept<\/em>. rendering, , conveys the actual sense. A historical illustration of Num 4:20<\/span> is furnished by 1Sa 6:19<\/span>.<\/p>\n (Note: According to Knobel<\/em>, Num 4:17-20<\/span> have been interpolated by the Jehovist into the Elohistic text. But the reasons for this assumption are weak throughout. Neither the peculiar use of the word shebet, to which there is no corresponding parallel in the whole of the Old Testament, nor the construction of with , which is only met with in 1Sa 9:18<\/span> and 1Sa 30:21<\/span>, nor the Hiphil<\/em> , can be regarded as criteria of a Jehovistic usage. And the assertion, that the Elohist lays the emphasis upon approaching and touching the holy things (Num 4:15<\/span>; Num 8:19<\/span>; Num 18:3<\/span>, Num 18:22<\/span>), and not upon seeing or looking at them, rests upon an antithesis which is arbitrarily forced upon the text, since not only seeing (Num 4:20<\/span>), but touching also (Num 4:19<\/span>), is described as causing death; so that seeing and touching form no antithesis at all.)<\/p>\n (20) But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered.<\/strong>Better, But they shall not go in to see the holy things <\/em>(or, the sanctuary) for a moment. <\/em>The Levites were not per-mitted to enter the holy place in which the priests ministered, much less the Holy of Holies. Whether this rule was or was not relaxed at the time of the removal of the Tabernacle, as the prohibition against entrance into the Holy of Holies must have been in regard to the priests, the Levites were not permitted in any case to look upon the Ark and the other holy things until they were covered.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> They shall not see lest they die <\/strong> There is here a very expressive Hebrew word, , as a gulp, a swallowing. <\/em> “They shall not see for a single instant <\/em> the holy things.” Dr. A. Clarke’s reference of this word to the enveloping of the holy things is hardly admissible. The Authorized Version makes the same mistake by rendering it, when they are covered. <\/em> While we shrink from announcing all the reasons for hanging so many terrors about the abode of Jehovah on the earth, we may say that nothing could more deeply impress upon all the Hebrew people the majesty, power, and holiness of their God in contrast with the divinities of all the surrounding nations. It is in mercy that God withholds from our eager eyes those revelations of his glory which our spiritual stupidity and littleness of faith so often crave. It was after the awful manifestation of Jehovah on the summit of Horeb that the people said to Moses, “Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak, lest we die.” Exo 20:19<\/span>.<\/p>\n Num 4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. But they shall not go in to see.<\/strong> ] The men of Bethshemesh paid for their peeping. 1Sa 6:9 Search not into God’s secrets: hic oportet mirari, non rimari<\/em> Deu 29:29 Remember that saying of Xenocrates the philosopher: Nihil interesse, pedesne quisquam, an oculos in aliena domo ponat,<\/em> a<\/em> It is as great unmannerliness to pry into another man’s house as to press into it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Plutarch, De Curiosit.<\/p>\n to see. Compare Exo 19:21. 1Sa 6:19. <\/p>\n they shall: Num 4:15, Num 4:19, Exo 19:21, Lev 10:2, 1Sa 6:19, Heb 10:19, Heb 10:20, Rev 11:19 <\/p>\n the holy things: Hakkodesh, “the holy,” or “sanctuary,” i.e., the ark, as the Jews generally understand it; and with good reason, as any one may be convinced, who compares 1Ki 8:8, with 2Ch 5:9, where that which is called the holy in the former, is called the ark in the latter. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 4:18 – General Num 18:3 – only they 2Sa 6:6 – put forth 1Ch 15:2 – None ought to Ezr 8:28 – the vessels<\/p>\n But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. to see when the holy things are covered – Render: to see the holy things for an instant. The expression means Iiterally as a gulp, i. e. for the instant it takes to swallow. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 4:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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