9, 10. thou shalt gather the wholeassembly of the children of Israel together,<\/B> c.As it wasplainly impossible that the whole multitude of the Israelites coulddo this, a select portion of them must be meant. This party, who laidtheir hands upon the Levites, are supposed by some to have been thefirst-born, who by that act, transferred their peculiar privilege ofacting as God’s ministers to the Levitical tribe and by others, tohave been the princes, who thus blessed them. It appears, from thispassage, that the imposition of hands was a ceremony used inconsecrating persons to holy offices in the ancient, as, from theexample of our Lord and His apostles, it has been perpetuated in theChristian Church.<\/P><\/p>\nFuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation<\/strong>,…. Not without it, but within it, in the court of the tabernacle, at least at the door of it, where stood the altar of burnt offering, on which sacrifices for them were now to be offered:<\/p>\n and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together<\/strong>; the heads of the tribes, and elders of the people, as Aben Ezra interprets this phrase in Le 8:3<\/span>; where the whole congregation is said to be assembled at the consecration of the priests, as here at the consecration of the Levites, having a concern therein, as well as to be spectators and witnesses of this solemn affair; and no doubt as many of them as could conveniently assemble at the door of the tabernacle did, though every individual of that large body of people could not possibly do it.<\/p>\n Moses was then to cause them to draw near before the tabernacle, i.e., to enter the court, and to gather together the whole congregation of Israel, viz., in the persons of their heads and representatives.<\/p>\n (9) The whole assembly of the children of Israel<\/strong>i.e., as elsewhere, the representatives of the people.<\/p>\n 9, 10<\/strong>. <\/strong> The whole assembly <\/strong> Representatively, through the elders and principal persons of the several tribes. See Num 1:18<\/span>; Num 14:2<\/span>; Num 14:7<\/span>, notes. Moreover, it would be impossible for all the children of Israel to put their hands upon the Levites<\/strong>. This is a natural form by which benediction has been expressed in all ages and among all people. It is usually the act of one superior in age or official position. Neither Moses nor Aaron monopolizes this ceremony, because the aim of this symbolic act is not to confer authority, but to transfer to the Levites the national obligation to serve Jehovah in the person of the firstborn of Israel. Hence the rite is performed by the tribe-princes in behalf of all the people, “as a sign that they released them from the possession of the nation, and assigned and handed them over to Jehovah” (Knobel) as perpetual substitutes for the firstborn. The authority came solely from him. No man, no body of men can make a true minister in holy things of one whom God has not qualified and called.<\/p>\n The Whole Congregation Assembled To Do the Will of Yahweh ( Num 8:9<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> ). <\/p>\n Num 8:9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n “<\/strong> And you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. And you shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel,” <\/p>\n This is not in chronological order, but introduces the gathering of the people where it is convenient. Much would be taking place at the same time. The people would thus have already gathered first prior to the presentation. The writer’s point is that they had been gathered prior to the ceremony. It is the presenting of the Levites ‘before the Tent of meeting’, as an official presentation, that follows chronologically after the taking of the ox bulls, the former at least following the assembling of the congregation. As always chronology is unimportant. <\/p>\n Num 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:<\/p>\n Ver. 9. The whole assembly.<\/strong> ] By their representatives the elders, or the firstborn; figuring the Church of Christ, those “firstborn which are written in heaven.” Heb 12:23 <\/p>\n tabernacle of the congregation = tent of meeting. App-40. <\/p>\n thou shalt bring: Exo 29:4-37, Exo 40:12 <\/p>\n shalt gather the whole: The words, kol adath, which are rendered “the whole assembly,” often signify all the elders, or principal persons in the several tribes – Num 15:4, Num 25:7, Num 35:12. And they cannot well have any other sense here; for it would be impossible for all the children of Israel to put their hands on the Levites, as stated in the next verse. Lev 8:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 27:21 – the tabernacle of the congregation Ezr 6:18 – as it is written<\/p>\n 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the {d} whole assembly of the children of Israel together:<\/p>\n (d) That you may do this in the presence of them all.<\/p>\n And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: 9, 10. thou shalt gather the wholeassembly of the children of Israel together, c.As it wasplainly impossible that the whole multitude of the Israelites coulddo this, a select portion of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 8:9”<\/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-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957","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=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}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: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"