6-9. Moses took the wagons and theoxen<\/B>The Hebrew<\/I> word seems to be fairly rendered by theword “wagons.” Wheel carriages of some kind are certainlyintended; and as they were covered, the best idea we can form of themis, that they bore some resemblance to our covered wagons. That wheelcarriages were anciently used in Egypt, and in what is now AsiaticTurkey, is attested, not only by history, but by existing sculpturesand paintings. Some of these the Israelites might have brought withthem at their departure; and others, the skilful artisans, who didthe mechanical work of the tabernacle, could easily have constructed,according to models with which they had been familiar. Each wagon wasdrawn by two oxen, and a greater number does not seem to have beenemployed on any of the different occasions mentioned in Scripture.Oxen seem to have been generally used for draught in ancient timesamong other nations as well as the Hebrews; and they continue stillto be employed in dragging the few carts which are in use in someparts of Western Asia [KITTO].<\/P>
gave them unto theLevites<\/B>The principle of distribution was natural andjudicious. The Merarites had twice the number of wagons and oxenappropriated to them that the Gershonites had, obviously because,while the latter had charge only of the coverings and hangings (thelight but precious and richly-embroidered drapery, [Nu4:24-26<\/span>]) the former were appointed to transport all the heavyand bulky materials (the boards, bars, pillars, and sockets) inshort, all the larger articles of furniture [Num 4:31<\/span>;Num 4:32<\/span>]. Whoever thinks only ofthe enormous weight of metal, the gold, silver, brass, c., that wereon the bases, chapiters, and pillars, &c., will probably come tothe conclusion that four wagons and eight oxen were not nearlysufficient for the conveyance of so vast a load. Besides, theMerarites were not very numerous, as they amounted only to thirty-twohundred men from thirty years and upward [Nu4:44<\/span>] and, therefore, there is reason to suppose that a muchgreater number of wagons would afterwards be found necessary, and befurnished, than were given on this occasion [CALMET].Others, who consider the full number of wagons and oxen to be statedin the sacred record, suppose that the Merarites may have carriedmany of the smaller things in their handsthe sockets, forinstance, which being each a talent weight, was one man’s burden (2Ki5:23<\/span>). The Kohathites had neither wheeled vehicles nor beasts ofburden assigned them, because, being charged with the transport ofthe furniture belonging to the holy place, the sacred worth andcharacter of the vessels entrusted to them (see on Nu4:15<\/span>) demanded a more honorable mode of conveyance. These werecarried by those Levites shoulder high. Even in this minutearrangement every reflecting reader will perceive the evidence ofdivine wisdom and holiness; and a deviation from the prescribed ruleof duty led, in one recorded instance, to a manifestation of holydispleasure, calculated to make a salutary and solemn impression (2Sa6:6-13<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And Moses took the wagons and the oxen<\/strong>,…. Of the princes, as he was directed:<\/p>\n and gave them unto the Levites<\/strong>; the Gershonites and Merarites; for, as for the Kohathites, they had no part of them, for a reason after given, Nu 7:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n I only detain the Reader to remark in the perusal of these verses, the striking difference in the sons of Kohath, to that of the others. Upon their bare shoulders their burden was to be borne; no doubt by way of intimating the preciousness of the treasure they carried. Nothing is holy enough to bear the ark of GOD. Nothing, my soul, in thee is holy enough to touch JESUS, of whom the ark was a type: and yet blessed be his name, he condescends to touch thee, see Mat 8:3<\/span> . See that awful instance in the case of Uzzah, for the reverse of this: 2Sa 6:6-7<\/span> . But what sanctity ought to distinguish those who minister in holy things, and bear the vessels of the LORD? Isa 52:11<\/span> .<\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 10:17 – the sons<\/p>\n And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 6-9. Moses took the wagons and theoxenThe Hebrew word seems to be fairly rendered by theword “wagons.” Wheel carriages of some kind are certainlyintended; and as they were covered, the best idea we can form of themis, that they bore some … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 7:6”<\/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-3865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865","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=3865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"